Staff Reporters

Client demand, improved margins and tight control of overheads have led Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Ltd to beat its prospectus pro forma earnings forecasts for the 2008 financial year.

Chinese given green light for raid on Rio; ANZ head says bank monitoring exposure on Babcock & Brown; Battle for Golden West shareholders hots up; Kirin buys up dairy in $900m deal; Profits take $12bn hit on write-downs

WA set to lose $25b gas project to Darwin; Coal fires but Coles a work in progress: Wesfarmers; Jobs go, debt slashed as B&B fights for a future; Carbon plan 'a company killer'; New scheme brings foreign workers to Kimberley

Mining services company Mineral Resources Ltd has reported a net profit of $47 million for the 2008 financial year, up 134 per cent from the previous year.

Accomodation and vehicle parts manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has posted a 27 per cent rise in earnings before interest and tax of a record $51 million for the 2008 financial year.

'Game on', unions warn iron miners; Farmers want state to pick up WestNet; Jobs ditched as metal prices tumble; St George loses hope of higher bid; Ausdrill battle 'down to wire'

SYNOVATE has announced Julie Beeck as new managing director of Australia to continue the organisation’s national expansion and development.

National executive recruitment firm The Brooklyn Group has appointed Lindsay Braganza as a specialist consultant in its information technology portfolio.

ARCHITECTURE firm Woodhead has won a $1.6 million contract to design the new headquarters of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA).

HAVING gained support from 19 steel producers, a Queensland-based consortium is pushing ahead with plans for a $14 billion, 3,300-kilometre rail line from the Pilbara to Queensland with industrial sme

AFTER 12 years as the founder and driving force behind Ausnet Real Estate Service Ltd and its predecessor the Ausnet Real Estate Network, Murray Joseph has announced he will be resigning from his exec

Curtin University of Technology has appointed associate professor John Neilson, who currently works for Curtin Business School, as the new pro vice-chancellor to spearhead the establishment of all aca

SIX years after paying $16 million for classifieds rival Quokka, publisher WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd is planning to make the newspaper brand the centrepiece of its next online strategy – a free class

Fresh Start Recovery Program - Fresh Start Recovery Program, based in Subiaco, provides a service to all addicts who reach the clinic to be treated for their addictions.

The Housing Industry Association has again revised down its outlook for WA housing starts this year, predicting a 12 per cent drop during 2008-09, according to its market outlook report released this

GREAT Southern Ltd’s 50 per cent owned Bunbury chip mill has entered into a $150 million, six-year agreement to buy timber from Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd.

WITH all the online fever going on the pages of WA Business News this week, the Note decided to keep the ball rolling with news about Perth-based web developer Miles Burke (pictured) entering traditio

William Buck senior business advisory manager, Craig Faulkner (top left), has been appointed equity director.

PERTH-BASED Stirling Products Ltd has bought the worldwide licensing rights for the pet food product PetQuench, with sales of more than $25 million expected during the first five years.

FORMER chief executive of Skywest Airlines and Harvey Beef, Scott Henderson, has been appointed as chief executive officer of Netball WA.

Sonia Adams and Charlie Watson have started as solicitors at McKenzie Moncrieff Lawyers. Ms Adams was formerly at Wojtowicz Kelly, while Mr Watson was working at Harris Freidman Hyde Page in Sydney.

SUBIACO-BASED Gatecrasher Advertising has cut back six staff after losing one of its major accounts, Curtin University of Technology, to The Brand Agency last week.

EXECUTIVE director of AusGroup Ltd, Stuart Kenny (pictured), has announced his retirement from the role. Mr Kenny will remain on the board as a non-executive director.

Purple Communications has appointed Andrew Allingham as the creative director of its new design agency, Purple Design.

INSOLVENCY practitioner John Carello has joined the Grant Thornton partnership in Perth, partnering with high-profile peer Tony Douglas-Brown.While the details of the appointment and the business stra

Association of Consulting Engineers Australia breakfast: Communicating leadership that inspires, motivates and encourages.

TIM Sugden has resigned as non-executive director of Navigator Resources Ltd to focus on a full-time managing director position at Jutt Holdings Ltd.

Indonesian media and culture scholar, Krishna Sen, has been appointed to lead The University of Western Australia’s faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.

The Note is a little bit of a lounge lizard so we always appreciate other people getting off the sofa to do something energetic, especially if it’s for charity.Among the more creative will be this Sat

Alliance Resources Ltd Patric Mutz will join the board as independent non-executive director. Bauxite Resources Ltd Daniel Tenardi has been appointed managing director.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resour

FORMER Woodside Energy director and local author, Erica Smyth, has been appointed new chair to the board of City West-based Scitech.