Shanna Crispin

Nextgen Group has signed a deal with oil and gas giants Shell and Inpex under which the communications company will build a fibre optic cable to service operators in the state’s north-west.

When Australia’s health insurance funds increased their premiums at the start of April it was Western Australian fund HIF that had the lowest increases across the board.

Mount Lawley's soon-to-be fifth Mexican eatery, Guzman y Gomez, claims it offers something distinct from the neighbouring competition.

Perth information and communications technology company ASG Group has reshuffled its board as it builds on its strategic shift.

The state’s largest health insurer is to become the naming sponsor of Challenge Stadium and Arena Joondalup.

Indigenous businesses are pushing for an increased emphasis on making the sector more sustainable in the wake of another significant native title settlement.

Amcom Telecommunications has inked a deal which opens the door to it selling cloud-based services to the potentially lucrative higher education market.

Western Australian-based company WBHO Civil has won a contract to continue construction of the National Broadband Network around Geraldton.

Two Western Australian companies pushing waste to energy projects worth more than $710 million are planning to start construction within the next year.

Perth-based company Thermomix has reaffirmed its commitment to community causes on the back of continued strong demand for its do-it-all kitchen appliance.

The time when corporates sponsor a sporting team because they like it is over, says Netball WA chief executive Simon Taylor.

Scoop Publishing has continued to expand its product line in a sign that founder David Hogan has no intentions of slowing the growth of Western Australia’s most recognised lifestyle magazine publisher.

New Energy Corporation has shifted its waste to energy projects into gear by contracting the Australian arm of US-based engineering company Kiewit to handle design and construction for two plants worth about $330 million.

The increasingly competitive and evolving information technology market has resulted in the demise of a locally-founded player.

A new philanthropy fund focused on improving the lives of women has garnered support from some of the state’s highest-profile businesswomen.

A Perth technology entrepreneur has bowed out of a booming company in attempts to achieve his dream.

More than $2 million is expected to be spent at businesses in and around Fremantle over the Easter long weekend as a direct result of the Fremantle Street Arts Festival.

A shake-up in Western Australia’s dairy industry may be set to deliver for local stakeholders, but the broader sector is unimpressed with free trade commitments made with South Korea and Japan.

Preparation for the St Vincent de Paul Society's largest fundraising event - the CEO Sleepout - has kicked off for another year with calls for executives to register.

More Perth offices are becoming ‘activity based’ but interior designers fear the concept isn’t fully understood.

The Western Australian Museum Foundation is in the final stages of establishing governance and investment structures to support what it hopes will be the largest cultural endowment fund in Australia.

Trident Subsea Cable has targeted June as the crucial point for a decision on the future of a second submarine cable linking Perth with Asia.

Hoteliers and bar owners are facing tougher trade conditions with new data showing alcohol consumption was at a 17-year low over the year ending June 2013.

The success of a Korean restaurant at Waterford Plaza has a major shopping centre operator wanting more.

Organisers of the Perth International Jazz Festival are hopeful an expanded multi-stage event and a growing profile will help boost ticket sales this year by 13 per cent on 2013.

Woodside Petroleum fell below its targeted spend on social investment programs last year, despite more than $9 million flowing to the communities in which it operates.

The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research is targeting philanthropists and the corporate sector under a new business model aimed at diversifying its revenue base.

Wesfarmers has been given the tick of approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to divest its insurance underwriting businesses.

The 2014 Business News 40under40 First Amongst Equals winner is reaping rewards from challenging the status quo.

Ikon Communications has confirmed it is closing the Perth office and will handle the demands of its local clients from Sydney and Melbourne.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews has rejected a public plea from the not-for-profit sector to back down on plans to axe the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission.

The federal government’s plans for an omnibus bill to cut red tape will have serious implications for the not-for-profit sector, according to the director of Curtin University’s not-for-profit initiative.