Special Reports

SANDFIRE Resources has been one of the outstanding success stories in the Western Australian resources sector in recent years, and its story has added to interest in a commodity that traditionally

WHEN WA Business News started its total shareholder return survey nearly a decade ago, the world was just emerging from the dot.com boom.

WA’s emerging mining companies delivered spectacular gains last financial year, for the astute investors who picked the right stocks.

In a world where the internet is a vital tool for anti-development protesters and ‘viral’ campaigns against mining and gas companies’ handling of native title and environmental claims, a company’s

THERE’S more than a hint of the old school ad executive about The Brand Agency’s founder, chairman and chief, Ken James.

THE decision by Retravision (WA) to expand into solar energy systems earlier this year harnessed the goodwill developed by its 50-year-old brand to sell an increasingly popular green technology.

ADVERTISING agency 303 couldn’t keep up with coverage its Enjoy the Ride campaign attracted in social media in the days following its launch on behalf of the Office of Road Safety.

Branding professionals are still grappling with the after effects of the GFC as well as increased competition from across the communications sector, but opportunities exist for creative thinkers.

TAKE a walk down a main street in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator and it’s only a matter of time until you bump into a Western Australian, according to Aspire Mining managing director David Paull.

Energy demand has put coal on the map for WA companies.

Travel Talk with Simon Hawkins, CEO of Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC)

With the journey to Bali taking just as long as the drive to Margaret River, the state’s closest Asia-Pacific neighbour has long been a draw card for Western Australian holiday makers and, as it turns out, business investment.

IT should come as no surprise that the biggest and most common issue confronting a bunch of successful Western Australian companies is that of labour - getting and keeping the skills they need to meet the strong demand they are seeing.

An opportunity to build Bali’s first marine tourism operation led Richard Chandler and three business partners to establish Bali Hai Cruises in 1990 and there is no doubt the business, like most associated with the Indonesian island, has been presen

A strong theme among Ernst & Young’s western region finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year is the technology businesses that have developed to service the resources sector.

A DELOITTE corporate finance survey has found a recovery in stock market floats in Western Australia during the past financial year, although the annual data disguises a slump in activity in recent months.

This year’s survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in WA reveals a new ranking among corporate advisory firms in Perth.

IF you have an established business with a good track record of sales and profit, how much can you expect from a sale?

WESTERN Australia needs more people, and needs a vision to support its long-term growth and economic diversification.

CUTS to payroll tax and stamp duty sit at the top of the business sector’s tax reform agenda for Western Australia.

WHEN a group of industry leaders gathered at WA Business News this month to discuss the cost of doing business, they raised plenty of worrying issues, but also found one good news story in a most unlikely place.

RECENTLY completed office tower one40william has become the first new central city development in Perth to win the architecture profession’s top prize in more than a decade.

THE Barnett government’s blueprint to transform Perth into a vibrant, contemporary city could prove to be the saviour of the local architecture sector, but the true potential of these once-in-a-generation projects reaches far beyond their financial impact

Perth architecture firms are still waiting for the post-GFC recovery to lure private sector developers back into the market.

KERRY Hill Architects has grown in recent years to have a substantial practice in Fremantle, but it would not have been that way if the firm had not won the design competition for the State Theatre Centre.

COMMUTERS and shoppers passing through the Perth Cultural Centre in Northbridge have seen big changes over the past year, and they are a pointer to even larger changes afoot.

What if a building could improve your attention span, help you heal and save taxpayers’ dollars?

The winners of the 2011 Rising Stars awards illustrate the diversity and enormous opportunity for private businesses in WA.

ONE man’s vision to provide a value-added pressure-testing service to the construction, resources and oil and gas industries, has led to the emergence of a leading Australian company poised to expand offshore.

THE solar retailer business can be risky, with changes to government subsidies and rebates altering the ebb and flow of the market, but Sun Connect hasn’t let this reality dominate its strategy.

STANDING out from the crowd in a busy marketplace such as recruitment is sometimes as much about what you don’t do as it is about what you do.

FINANCIAL planner and funds manager Addwealth is riding high after a stellar 12 months to April 30 – and revenue is poised to surge again in the next year.