Special Reports

FEATURE: Perth's newest office buildings are increasingly incorporating retail and hospitality precincts, as well as end-of-trip facilities, in a design-led effort to boost tenant and employee retention.

FEATURE: Suburban office market developers are facing similar challenges to their CBD counterparts in attracting tenants.

FEATURE: Perth is in the middle of its biggest wave of office construction in decades, but a sustained burst of new supply means future prospects for commercial developers are increasingly bleak.

FEATURE: Takeovers are a powerful way of delivering short-term returns to investors, as the Total Shareholder Return data released by Morningstar and applied to 700 companies on the Business News BNIQ database.

FEATURE: Tech-related stocks make up half of this year’s top 10 TSR performers, but resources stocks feature prominently over the longer term.

FEATURE: Resources companies may dominate the big numbers on the local bourse, but it’s a relatively unknown technology stock that leads in TSR.

FEATURE: An investment in each of the 10 largest capital raisings by companies in Western Australia during 2013 would be 14 per cent underwater at current prices, according to research conducted by Business News.

FEATURE: After rocketing to a $1 billion market capitalisation this year, Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd has been going from strength to strength.

FEATURE: The June quarter presented a broad range of transactions for corporate players, however a noticeable lack of direction remains.

A slowing demand for surveying services has not stopped CADS Survey from pursuing growth by the adoption of innovative technologies, entering new markets and expanding its capabilities.

What's the secret to growing your business if the sector you work in is in a slump?

Electronic media has been the key behind the success of one of Perth’s fastest-growing real estate agencies.

A series of (un)fortunate events led to the creation of this year’s Rising Stars winner, emergency response and security services provider Executive Risk Solutions.

Built on an innovative idea to connect patients with doctors, HealthEngine’s maturation into a multi-million dollar company has earned it the top spot in the Business News Rising Stars start-up category.

Within a year of launching its micro-lending facility in November 2009, PAID International had increased the average number of loans processed each month more than 100-fold.

Marketing agency Digital Dialogue aims to retain its current growth trend.

Rising Stars finalist Monford Group says client satisfaction has been the key to its rapid growth.

Giving managers responsibility for making decisions relevant to their sections is crucial at marine services business TAMS Group, which has steadily added new capabilities and staff to differentiate itself as a full service provider in a market full of specialists.

IT consultant Velrada has built its business on providing niche software solutions.

The Rising Stars People’s Choice winner has found success by doing things differently.

FEATURE: Emergency management and response firm Executive Risk Solutions has been named the Business News Rising Stars top award winner for 2014.

FEATURE: A WA company has proved its detractors among the local manufacturing sector wrong with its calculated growth plans.

FEATURE: A Subiaco based-company is using marine drones and its global remote monitoring system to deliver benefits for the offshore oil and gas industry.

Western Australia’s aged care sector is preparing for major upheaval, including the entrance of investment-hungry private equity firms, as the most significant reforms in a generation take effect.

FEATURE: The state’s premier oil and gas training institute has joined forces with Northern Territory-based Charles Darwin University in the search for a training provider to tackle a looming oil and gas skills shortage.

FEATURE: The writing was on the wall, and has been for more than a decade. Royal Dutch Shell’s divestment of most of its 23 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum last week surprised few in the business community.

FEATURE: Floating LNG will provide limited local construction, manufacturing and engineering opportunities, but could propel WA to the world stage.

How do you teach people to drive a driverless truck?

FEATURE: Mineral Resources has shown the lengths to which mining services companies are willing to go to secure new work in the current flat market.

FEATURE: Partnerships with indigenous groups have helped mining and civil contractor Brierty achieve some big wins.

India presents an array of opportunities for WA businesses, however achieving success in the country can be harder than first thought.

Vikas Rambal is pushing ahead with his multi-billion dollar fertiliser plant and pursuing a newfound appetite for property investment.