Special Reports

Northern Star Resources’ Bill Beament is this year’s 40under40 First Amongst Equals, heading off strong competition from the three other finalists -Julie Shuttleworth, Steve Gostlow, and Phil Britten.

WHK Group, the listed entity behind accounting firm Crowe Horwath, has received a merger proposal from SFG Australia, which owns accounting and financial planning firms including Western Pacific an

AS many of the management consulting sector’s global brands have established a presence in the booming Perth market, local boutique player Momentum Partners has quietly been expanding its national

IT could hardly be called upheaval, but there has been a rare changing of the guard at the top end of Perth’s accounting world, with two of the big four firms this year handing over the reins to ne

WA’s role as the nation’s economic powerhouse is no more evident than in the accounting sector, with strong growth a dominant feature of the past decade.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government’s promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

BOTH major parties have committed to big-spending projects in their bid to secure votes ahead of the upcoming state election.

With just over a week to go until the state election, the business community was eager to interrogate the treasurer and his key rival.

CONSTRUCTION companies are eyeing the state government’s record capital works budget as they seek future business opportunities.

ST John of God Health Care chief executive Michael Stanford has no hesitation in naming the single most important factor in his ability to achieve successful outcomes on the group’s construction pr

PERTH builder Gerry Hanssen is a great example of the value of aligning your business with good partners.

The construction sector is meant to be in a protracted slump, but that’s not the message coming from contractors in WA.

Top-level businesswomen see male-dominated networks as a barrier.

PERTH businessman Paul Underwood says a prolonged dispute with the Department of Water over compulsorily acquired freehold land has burdened his family with extensive legal costs and left them with

FEW of Western Australia’s listed property companies have had as torrid a time as Aspen Group over the past few years.

Some green shoots are starting to emerge in property development after the post-GFC downturn.

Ausdrill’s new assay lab business is taking on the large international companies that now dominate the sector.

The establishment of Ron Sayers’ newest business shows the Ausdrill founder has lost none of his entrepreneurial flair but he also accepts the need for change at the large and diversified company.

IN an industry that runs on casual labour and operates around the clock, striking the right balance between healthy staff turnover and retention of talented or promising employees is a significant

THE use of social media platform Yammer, a growing fly-in, fly-out workforce, and Big Brother-style analysis are tools increasingly in use by human resources departments across Western Australia.

LAST year is likely to be one of the more forgettable years in terms of capital raisings and IPOs for the metals and mining sector.

Competition in the state’s investment banking sector is hotter than ever despite a fall-off in takeover deals and capital raisings last year.

There have been plenty of highs and lows in state politics as the major parties turn for home in the race to the state election next March.

The upheaval of recent months has obscured the record investment in the resources sector and the big growth in production coming in future years.

Western Australia has an abundance of gas and explorers are looking for more, both offshore and onshore, but there are questions over how much growth the industry can sustain.

UNDERSTANDING the growing complexity of remuneration packages is a challenging exercise for investors seeking to determine the value, or otherwise, offered by a company’s management team.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government’s first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of

LOOKING at the remuneration packages negotiated by newly appointed chief executives in Perth, there is a common pattern -5 size equals money.

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

COMPETITION in the recruitment market is becoming more intense as the heat comes out of the resources construction boom, and employers increasingly have their pick of workers and the agencies they

THE use of migrant workers to bolster the workforce in Western Australia is becoming more commonplace, with a 12 per cent increase in the number of temporary visa holders in the state.

RETAIL giants Wesfarmers and Woolworths continue to employ more people in Western Australia than any other private sector employers, with the introduction of Sunday trading boosting part-time and c