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South Australian engineering and construction company York Civil has won the contract to extend the Fremantle port rail line at North Quay.

Land developer Cedar Woods Properties has foreshadowed a net profit after tax for the year to June 2014 of approximately $40 million.

Adelaide-based company Minotaur Exploration has acquired 91 per cent of Perth-based Breakaway Resources in an off-market takeover.

Esslemont Cockram has won a $28 million contract to build new facilities at Willetton Senior High School, the largest of six construction contracts for education and training centres awarded recent

Canning Vale based medical and emergency services provider Hostile Environment Services has stepped up its growth strategy after agreeing to sell 55 per cent of its business to Europe's largest private ambulance service provider, Falck.

West Perth restaurant and bar Black Tom's, a long-time favourite for thirsty mining executives, was a fitting venue for the launch yesterday of a book that features many of the personalities that h

Joondalup-based accounting firm McKinley Plowman has joined the MSI Global Alliance, after recruiting a new director from a rival firm.

The state government has introduced legislation to merge Synergy and Verve Energy, but is yet to release regulations that will specify how existing contracts between the government entities and the private sector will be protected.

Gold and nickel miner Independence Group’s managing director Chris Bonwick has taken a second stint of special leave this year.

Perth based stockbroking firm Patersons Securities is punting on investors’ emerging appetite for biotech stocks, agreeing to underwrite New Zealand biopharmaceutical company Innate Immunotherapeutics’s $16.5 million initial public offering.

In the space of a year, Nicolle Jenkins has grown her agency, The Hub Marketing Communications, from seven staff to 10, written a book about mothers and daughters, joined two boards and lobbied for small business at the recent state and federal elections.

Live jazz, soul and blues complement the food and drinks at a new city venue.

A director of corrective services who helped implement a GPS tracking system for sex offenders has been named the Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year.

Pilbara-based AshOil and catering group ESS Support Services Worldwide have won a major state environmental award.

Managing risk and implementing methodical strategies have helped three local companies hit their targets, guests at a recent Business News Success & Leadership breakfast heard.

The Liberal-led Western Australian government has contradicted itself, revealing it doesn't have a clear policy for state-owned energy assets, the opposition says.

Mining transport company AL Logistics has gone into voluntary administration as it seeks to secure a $2 million investment to pay its creditors and continue operating.

Blackburne Property Group has awarded $40 million in construction contracts for two apartment buildings in Subiaco and Rivervale.

In an industry not typically associated with ‘doctors’, one Perth-based oil and gas services company has stacked its ranks with PhD holders in physics and maths, geophysicists, petrophysicists and

Shell’s Prelude FLNG project will feature a sizeable local contingent of workers after a recent agreement with a WA training organisation.

Two Bunbury shopping centres just seven kilometres apart are undergoing significant changes in an attempt to win over customers.

Health insurer HBF is on track to grow its newly acquired Friendlies Pharmacies network to 60 stores, after becoming the parent company to the pharmacy franchise in April.

Leaders of three top performing businesses in vastly different sectors say growing organically has been key to successfully expanding their businesses, rather than mergers and acquisitions, which come at a higher cost and with more risk.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s promise to shut down the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has cast doubt on $400 million worth of loans to businesses in Western Australia.

The mining industry has welcomed the state government's change to its programme of work approvals systems, which will give more time to companies to complete exploration works on approved projects.

Retravision's largest franchise owner David Dorsett-Lynn is so confident of the electrical retailer's enduring brand strength in Western Australia - he is planning to back that faith with two new stores in the Perth metropolitan area.

The Australian dollar is lower after the central bank said it hasn't ruled out more interest rate cuts.

National gym franchise Jetts has lifted its presence in Western Australia during the past 12 months, growing its number of gyms to 40 from 32 last year.

Energy Minister Mike Nahan has announced the state government will complete its refurbishment of the Muja power station, at which point it will seek to sell at least half of it.

Such is the focus on excellence required by Olympic athletes to succeed at sport, it’s no great leap to assume such application would have a positive effect in other aspects of their lives.

Diane Smith-Gander’s will to win didn’t disappear when she stopped playing top-flight basketball.

Sporting clubs have a key role to play in the development of their players’ skills, on and off the field.