Professions

SPECIAL REPORT: WA’s economic slowdown hasn’t led to the dramatic rise in insolvencies many had expected, according to leading industry representatives.

The chairman and co-chief executive of a Melbourne-based toy company has become the first Australian to be selected as global winner of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.

One of the state’s top architects says the collective approach to higher-density living in Perth needs to change.

The family of yet another great Western Australian entrepreneur appears set for a public fight over an inheritance, with the descendants of the late Len Buckeridge going to court over his $2.5 billion estate.

Leadership WA chief executive officer Robin McClellan spent 10 minutes discussing leadership with CBH Group CEO Andrew Crane, who said it was vital to be optimistic, focus on the long term, and pay close attention to high-performing teams. 

The Perth office of global law firm Clyde & Co has continued its commitment to local artists with the announcement of a winner in its annual art project.

Some of the state’s biggest employers have made significant progress lately in terms of workplace gender equality.

Aspermont has announced plans to raise up to $10 million by offering shares to investors and converting debt, as it seeks to shore up its balance sheet.

Creditors of movie streaming service Quickflix changed administrators to Deloitte, just two weeks after the company voluntarily appointed partners from Ferrier Hodgson.

WA business leaders have bemoaned the state government’s failure to plan for life beyond the mining construction boom, but still see opportunities in other sectors.

Slater & Gordon shares have doubled in value after the struggling law firm's lenders gave it a two-year respite from its debt repayments.

Corporate law firm Gilbert + Tobin has recruited former Rio Tinto Australia managing director Philip Edmands as a new Perth-based partner.

Prominent local business figure Gene Tilbrook has been appointed deputy chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Perth-based law firm Jackson McDonald has honoured a former partner by funding an emerging cancer researcher as part of a record $4 million in grants announced by the Cancer Council WA today.

Southern Cross Care’s plans to create an aged care facility at the old Kaleeya Hospital have potentially hit a stumbling block, with the proposal considered to be against Town of East Fremantle pla

Slater & Gordon is a step closer to being served with shareholder class action papers after JustKapital Litigation Partners and Woodsford Litigation Funding joined forces to fund proceedings against the embattled law firm.

Minter Ellison is set to expand its service offering in Western Australia after recruiting the human resources and industrial relations practice from a competing law firm.

Big incentives in Perth’s office leasing market are resulting in world-class, high-tech fit-outs for tenants willing to take the plunge and move buildings.

Slater & Gordon has two months to convince its lenders that it has come to grips with the problems that led to a first-half loss of almost $1 billion.

Perth-based law firm AdventBalance, which pioneered a new approach to flexible delivery of legal services, has announced plans to merge with London counterpart LOD, formerly Lawyers On Demand.

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Embattled law firm Slater & Gordon has confirmed its lenders have appointed investigative accountants to scrutinise its books.

Former Perth International Arts Festival general manager Julian Donaldson has taken the top job at the National Trust of Australia’s WA branch, replacing Tom Perrigo who served in the role for 25 years.

Experienced investors such as Gavin Rezos and Tony Grist have shone brightly as the technology sector has attracted growing interest.

Law firm Slater & Gordon, which is renowned for backing shareholder class actions, could be on the receiving end after competing firm ACA Lawyers flagged possible action.

Recent annual meetings have failed to resolve long-running divisions at two of WA’s most important Aboriginal corporations.

Shares in cleaning, catering and maintenance provider Spotless have plunged by 40 per cent after it stunned investors with a profit warning.

The state’s corporate donors still prefer their gifts to be in cash, while in-kind contributions have fallen away in favour of increased staff volunteering, according to the latest Giving West survey.

As one of WA’s most influential directors, when Michael Chaney talks, the business community listens.

The opening of Furniture Gallery’s third store in Osborne Park in late October capped a busy 18 months for two sisters behind the rapidly growing new entrant to Perth’s interior retail scene.

Programmed Maintenance Services has announced the retirement of one of its founders and the addition of a new director, while also outlining the new structure of the business following its acquisition of Skilled Group earlier this year.

Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has flagged a $28 million impairment in its first-half result, on the back of a depressed marine services market.