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Perth podiatrist turned entrepreneur Rachael Ferguson has turned her company around in just two years, with rebranding and partnering with the right distributor the keys to unlocking the full potential of her fast-growing footcare business.

The owners of Northbridge’s Picabar have signed a five-year lease agreement with the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT), Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman announced this morning, bringing to an end a year of uncertainty for the venue.

ANALYSIS: Plans for oil exploration in the Canning Basin announced over the weekend may deliver good news for Western Australia, but some of the claims surrounding the latest drilling program are extravagant to say the least.

Wangara-based manufacturer of lights and fixtures, Unios Lighting, has been picked as the Telstra Western Australian business of the year, after growing from one person to 50 staff in six years.

Building and development firm Northerly Group is adding retirement living to its suite of services with its latest Perth project.

Solutions to prevent a potential looming shortage of critical minerals can be found in Rio Tinto’s increasingly high tech operations, particularly in the Pilbara, according to corporate relations vice-president Brad Haynes.

WELLNESS@WORK: The ability to problem-solve and ensure an ongoing level of quality service are factors behind the growth of chemo@home.

WELLNESS@WORK: Healthier Workplaces WA is helping workers across the state get up and stay in shape.

WELLNESS@WORK: More workplaces need to step up to the plate in terms of women in leadership roles and workplace culture.

WELLNESS@WORK: The economic impact of healthier workers is well established; now some of WA’s most successful wellbeing programs want to achieve more, by promoting a culture of wellness at work.

Mining technology company Imdex is the latest addition to the BN30 index, Business News’s Western Australian equivalent of the Dow Jones index on the New York Stock Exchange.

Mia Davies invoked the memory of US president Teddy Roosevelt to argue for pragmatic and market-based policy decisions at a Business News Policy Briefing today.

OPINION: Identifying student with an entrepreneurial bent and streaming their skills would bring a multitude of benefits.

The median price of a house in Perth recorded the largest decline among all state capitals for September, with the slump over the past five years now surpassing 20 per cent, according to the latest CoreLogic data.

WELLNESS@WORK: Mark Dean and his team of behaviour-change consultants are focused on improving wellbeing, workplace culture and productivity.

OPINION: The recovery of Qantas highlights why government intervention is not necessary and good leadership should be rewarded.

A new alliance was launched in Perth this month to promote investment in organisations focused on environmental, social and cultural good while also creating financial returns.

Treasurer Ben Wyatt says Curtin University’s $500 million investment in new facilities is indicative of the evolution of universities to provide a wider benefit to surrounding communities.

Mining services company Breight Group has established a specialist training centre in Belmont to lift the skill level of workers undertaking maintenance and shutdowns on mine sites.

OPINION: Listening to feedback can be confronting, but failure to do so can be detrimental to a school’s performance.

A widely publicised report out today that claimed Western Australia will need 10,700 more operational workers in the mining sector by 2024 appears to be misleading, according to a review by Business News.

Former University of Western Australia chancellor Alex Cohen has been remembered as one of the state’s most respected medical figures.

Alaska is a long way from Western Australia, but what’s just happened in the oil industry there could have a significant effect on plans to expand this state’s liquefied natural gas industry.

Perth company OncoRes Medical is in the midst of an unusual fundraising campaign, the success of which is tied to the number of clicks on one of its videos on social media (click through to see the video).

Some of Western Australia’s top private schools are feeling the effects of the state’s ongoing economic malaise, recording a decline in enrolments in recent years.

OPINION: School leaders and parents are increasingly questioning the way classrooms are organised.

The opening of Spaces Wentworth at Charter Hall’s Raine Square is the latest in a series of growth initiatives in Perth’s flexible office market.

Two local engineering services firms have reported contrasting full-year results today, with Valmec announcing record underlying earnings while profit at Lycopodium fell 9.8 per cent.

Henderson-based electrical contractor EC&M has entered administration this morning, with about 400 staff to be temporarily stood down.

Australia’s big four banks could be reduced to one within a decade, in an extreme scenario, as Western countries follow moves in China towards the mass adoption of social media-based payment systems, according to a New York University professor visiting Perth.

Business News has updated its listing of WA’s biggest mining projects to reflect the downturn in lithium, the dearth of new gold mines and the increasing dominance of iron ore.

OPINION: Parents naturally want the best for their children, but increasingly forceful representations to, and demands of, teachers is a problem.