Staff Reporters

MARCUS Gilmore has achieved a lot in his 30 years. Introduced to real estate at age 19, he gained a strong grounding in the industry while working as a research analyst and later in commercial sales.

SCOTT Park has always wanted to be in charge of his own destiny and from a young age developed a game plan to one day own his own building company.

State Treasurer Eric Ripper has flagged tax cuts in the May State Budget on the back of Western Australia's largest ever half-year budget surplus.

Highly profitable niche supplier and manufacturer of essential products to the building industry and private business. The company has developed a very loyal client base in WA.

Proposed code: PRZ, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: gold, copper, nickel and uranium exploration., Corporate: Rod Hollingsworth (non executive chairman), Mark Deuter (non executive director)

Falconsand Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,187,500 ordinary shares (5.10%),

Peacefield Holdings Pty Ltd and Andrew van der Meer became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,538,490 ordinary shares (6.72%),

AMP Ltd changed its relevant interest from 11,244,035 ordinary shares (8.72%) to 14,263,219vordinary shares (8.51%),

Has acquired a 10 per cent stake in AGL, making it the largest shareholder on the company's register by a significant margin.

Along with its joint venture partner, AMCI Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, it has entered into an agreement with De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd to acquire De Beers' substantial tenement portfolio in t

Has won three contracts for the implementation of Guava Suite, CCK's treasury management system, in Malaysia.

WA Business News 40under40winner (2004), Peter Gordon, has taken on the role as president of the Busselton Chamber of Commerce.

PERTH printing company Pilpel Print has taken a significant step in its business – and also made a major capital outlay – by installing a new $1.1 million printer at its Stirling Street premises.

MATTHEW Bellgard's long-term vision for an internationally competitive bioinformatics capability for all life science researchers came to fruition recently with the development of the WA State Governm

A QUALIFIED chartered accountant with a bachelor of business majoring in both business law and accounting, Hamish Jolly is responsible for the management and growth of AeM Group, Western Australia's l

TRENCH Health and Fitness designs and administers health and wellbeing services to Australian businesses, providing tailor made, easily integrated programs to complement businesses health initiatives.

KPMG demographer Bernard Salt can add some pepper to the dating game with his new book, The Big Picture, launched last week.

The National Competition Council has released a report titled Questions for Rail Capcity Experts re BHP & FMG which examines the issue of rail access in the Pilbara.

Como-based land developer Port Bouvard Ltd has announced $26.1 million worth of sales at its Eastport Stage 5 project south of Mandurah.

Specialist executive search firm Management Search Australasia has been acquired by outsourcing and recruitment firm Chandler Macleod Ltd in an effort to expand its operations in Western Australia.

The Leighton Kumagai joint venture is seeking an interim injunction in the Supreme Court to prevent workers striking on the troubled Perth to Mandurah rail line.

PLANTATION timber investment manager Great Southern Plantations has put pen to paper on a lucrative contract with a leading Japanese company for the export of hardwood woodchips, worth more than $130

Five-night Hayman Island Escape includes meals from $2,499 (land only).

Prime location, high traffic and monopoly situation. Low rent. Proven steady franchise. Netts $67,000 and improving. Roz Baker: 9471 8162 or 0417 990 441 Fortune Business Marketing

Proposed code: ROY, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: iron ore, gold exploration, Corporate: Rick Crabb (non-executive chairman), Frank DeMarte (executive director), Brian Richardson (non-exec

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 15,095,831 ordinary shares (5.01%)

Alliance WA Pty Ltd, The Toad Group Pty Ltd, Christian Singeton & Eve Anne Singleton increased its relevant interest from 48,888,889 ordinary shares (12.22%) to 51,220,604 ordinary shares (12.79%)

Antofagasta PLC and Tethyan Copper Company Ltd have today reached an agreement under which Antofagasta will make an off market conditional takeover offer to acquire all of the shares in Tethyan at aca

Has reached in-principle agreement with Hartleys Ltd to place 88,900,000 shares at 4.5 cents per share to raise approximately $4 million to institutional and retail clients of Hartleys Ltd

Jonathon Hull has joined the Perth office of BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisers from the firms UK practice, where he was a corporate tax manager.

MACMAHON Holdings Ltd announced a record after tax profit of $11.7 million for the half year ended December 31 2005, an increase of 107 per cent on the (AIFRS adjusted) result for the same period in 2

ACCOUNTANTS Ernst & Young have appointed Jeff Dowling as managing partner, western region, after Michael Minosora announced his resignation from the position in January to take up a new appoint