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The embattled firm will offload its state and federal consulting business to private equity group Allegro while an international PwC executive will take charge in Australia.

A call centre and debt collection company says it has been forced to make 440 employees redundant after losing a contract with a federal government agency.

A new report shows unleashing the power of skilled migrants and refugees could boost the Australian economy and fill workforce gaps.

Accountants who breach professional standards could be hit with fines five times bigger than before under a new proposed disciplinary framework from Australia’s industry body.

Menopause advocacy organisations want to destigmatise women’s health issues in the workplace.

Perth partner Justin Carroll has become interim chair of PwC Australia, which has directed nine partners to go on leave but resisted calls from the prime minister to name all partners involved in its tax scandal.

Leaders from some of Perth’s major professional services firms have seen big changes in their working lives over three decades.

The Iustini family, known for Technical Resources, has partnered with former Hunter executive search director Gregor McNally to expand the recruitment business to senior hires.

Law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid expansion in WA, recruiting an experienced corporate partner from Hong Kong and a special counsel from Allens.

Global insurance brokers Marsh and BMS Group have each expanded their WA presence, adding to a string of M&A deals by big players snapping up local operators.

A contractor who lost a decade-long dispute over a $26 million contract on an iron ore project in the Mid West has launched legal action against the firm that represented it.

Perth’s largest accounting firm has selected Tim Richards to succeed Michael McNulty, who has overseen rapid growth during his 10 years as office managing partner.

EY has halted the planned separation of its audit and consulting practices after divisions emerged over the proposed carve-up, particularly in the US.

Thomson Geer Lawyers has recruited a third partner this year after appointing Nicholas Creed to its banking and finance team in Perth.

Omni Bridgeway chief executive and managing director Andrew Saker is stepping down after eight years at the helm of the ASX-listed litigation funding business.

Another Perth builder has gone under, with administrators appointed to Metro Homes WA Pty Ltd, which also trades as Hamlen Homes.

Thomson Geer's Perth office has recruited two partners from HopgoodGanim in a bid to bolster the firm's mining and energy services offering.

Lower inflation numbers in the US this week give hope that price pressure is slowing, according to Pitcher Partners executive director Christian Golding.

Almost 50 per cent of employers reported an intention to hire staff in the first quarter of the new year, a ManpowerGroup report finds.

An anaesthetist, a surgeon and a gastroenterologist have led a $3 million deal to rescue a private hospital from administration.

Corporate adviser John Poynton and lawyers Aaron McDonald and Tim Hammond have teamed up to establish a dispute funding business targeting the Perth market.

Former WA solicitor general Robert Meadows has died, aged 81.

The buoyant WA economy is creating plenty of opportunities for accounting firms, but their growth has been highly varied.

Investor relations and communications firm Citadel-MAGNUS has closed a bumper $50 million sale to US company Morrow Sodali, with two Perth executives among the big winners.

US management consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has lured former Boston Consulting Group partner Nicholas Reid to head its Perth office as it simultaneously launches its new Australian operations in three key states.

The inaugural head of the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission, former District Court chief judge Kevin Hammond, has passed away aged 86.

The state government has appointed Sam Vandongen to the Supreme Court bench and Robert Owen to head the office of Director of Public Prosecutions.

Business confidence is approaching lows not seen since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a survey by CCIWA, but the construction industry has a much improved outlook.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has confirmed it will close its small Perth office after partner Matthew Johnson announced his move to competitor Allen & Overy.

Law firm Allen & Overy has recruited Matthew Johnson from the rapidly shrinking Perth office of Hogan Lovells, ahead of the planned retirement of A&O’s top Perth partner Geoff Simpson.

More than $100 million is believed to be owed by ASX-delisted Vietnam Industrial Investments, as the Perth business which had previously boasted high profile directors is sent into liquidation.

The leaders of global accounting firm EY have decided to hold a vote on their planned split into stand-alone audit and consulting businesses, each with revenue of about $US20 billion.