Advertising agency Marketforce has ended its seven-year relationship with Tourism WA as the latter unveils a shortlist of four agencies, including just one from Perth, for a new contract.
Eastland Medical Systems plans to raise more than $2 million, partly underwritten by Patersons Securities, to fund the final step of its anti-malaria treatment project.
The 14-year Bell Group litigation saga is set to continue after a group of 20 banks lodged an appeal against last month's ruling that the syndicate pay creditors more than $1.5 billion, the largest payout ever awarded in Australia.
Plantation Energy Australia has secured a $60 million, three-year deal with a Geneva-headquartered energy trading company for the supply of wood pellets.
RCR Tomlinson, in joint venture with Laing O'Rourke, is the latest company to be awarded work within BHP Billiton's Pilbara iron ore expansion efforts, securing a $150 million contract.
The federal government will fast-track a consultation process to ensure that low and middle-income earners are not locked out of employee share schemes following widespread backlash from business and unions about the controversial budget measure.
Australasian Resources is considering selling its non-iron ore assets after a merger with Clive Palmer's Resource Development International was called off.
Fox Resources is aiming to generate cash in the short-term after it launched test work on nickel and copper ore stockpiles at its Pilbara operation, which was placed on care and maintenance last year.
The senior executive team at Wesfarmers has agreed to a salary freeze for two years and will forego individual bonuses potentially worth a collective $4.5 million.
The new company to emerge from a merger between Jackson Minerals and Scimitar Resources will seek $7.5 million in fresh capital to ramp up exploration activities at its uranium assets.
Western Australia continues to dominate the country's share of capital investment on advanced projects with latest figures showing the state accounted for more than 70 per cent of expenditure.
Heron Resources has suffered a blow with Brazilian mining giant Vale withdrawing from the $2 billion Kalgoorlie nickel joint venture, leaving the West Perth-based company looking for a new partner.
Property developer Aspen Group has locked in $41 million from its planned $82.4 million capital raising, with the institutional component oversubscribed.
Woodside Petroleum has entered a deal with Apache Corporation for the supply of gas from two Western Australian fields for a second processing train at its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
A MICROFINANCE program that provides a safe line of affordable credit to low income earners in Western Australia is creeping closer to a $500,000 milestone.
THE building and construction sector has welcomed the state government's record capital works program, as the industry looks to the government to stimulate activity while private sector investment languishes.
EIGHT former company directors and families have managed to bypass the global economic downturn, cashing in their shareholdings before the world went belly-up.
THERE weren't too many winners to emerge from the gloomy economic backdrop surrounding last week's federal and state budgets, but the small business sector has more to be pleased about than most.
RESIDENTIAL property developers and builders were big winners from state and federal budget initiatives, which will provide much-needed stimulus to the property industry.
