Australia's big four banks and one insurance company have been ranked within the top 100 most sustainable companies in the world, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia leading the charge for the nation.
Cedar Woods Properties has purchased a 3.8 hectare infill site in Queensland for $24.6 million, while also announcing the extension of a $135 million loan.
The corporate watchdog has banned a third former Get Approved Finance broker from providing credit and financial services, after she was found to have engaged in misconduct.
International communications agency King Content has opened an office in Perth, to meet what it says is an underserved market and client-driven demand.
ANZ Banking Group subsidiary Esanda has agreed to compensate more than 70 borrowers who took out car loans worth $1.38 million through Victoria Park-based broker Get Approved Finance.
Growth of up to 8 per cent among countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region could provide opportunities for Western Australia, according to a recent report by ANZ.
More Western Australians were employed in February than ever before, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, but that was not enough to stop a 0.2 per cent rise in the state's unemployment rate to 5.8 per cent.
Solco has completed its transition from solar panel wholesaling to financing and technology with the wrap-up of its $9.2 million acquisition of GO Group.
Capital spending on major mining, energy and infrastructure projects in Australia is set to drop more than 60 per cent over the next three years, according to analysis by ANZ Banking Group.
A depreciating currency and encouraging demand over the medium term spells good news for the state's mining juniors, if they can ride out short-term fluctuations.
The satisfaction level of Australian business banking customers has reached its highest level but, rather than the big four, it's the smaller banks that are making them happy, according to a survey by Roy Morgan Research.
Sirius Resources has secured $440 million to fund the development of its Nova nickel mine, coinciding with it receiving mining approval from the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
Nomad Building Solutions' recently appointed non-executive director Heather Gardner has been promoted to chief executive officer, following a board shake-up that included the resignation of managing director Andrew Sturcke earlier in the month.
An unexpected windfall could tip $50 million into failed construction company Forge Group as its receivers continue to recover money owed and make debt payments.
The business banking sector is shrinking in Perth, with falling staff levels and bank branch closures the latest signs of a cooling Western Australian economy.
Gage Roads Brewing Company has forecast a further $1 million hit to its sales and a $600,000 impairment charge, stemming from processing issues it encountered in April this year.
Pankaj Oswal has lost a bid to delay a $500 million lawsuit in which he is suing Apache Corporation over damages related to the cost overrun on the development of Burrup Fertilisers' ammonia plant in the Pilbara.
One month after the state government named an Asciano-led consortium as preferred proponent for a major port expansion at Esperance, it has emerged that one of the key consortium members has withdrawn.
Iron Ore Holdings' Buckland project has been deemed technically and commercially viable following the completion of a feasibility study at a cost of about $30 million.
The Asciano-led Yilgarn Esperance Solution consortium has won the bid to design, build and operate a new multi-user iron ore facility at Esperance Port, understood to be worth about $200 million.
Gina Rinehart has virtually ensured her family's long-held dream of operating its own iron ore mine, securing final funding for her massive Roy Hill project.
Forge Group employees could be waiting up to six months to access $50 million owed to them and business creditors could be facing an even longer wait, according to Ferrier Hodgson.
Mine site water infrastructure group GFR has become the sixth Perth-based company to call in administrators in as many weeks, citing deteriorating trading conditions and significant contract delays.
Mike Nahan has been tasked with the difficult job of managing the state's finances ahead of May's budget, replacing Troy Buswell as treasurer in a cabinet reshuffle.
Administrators of Forge Group say the failed engineering and construction company may have been insolvent for three months before it collapsed, but that investigations into whether directors had br
Mermaid Marine Australia has agreed to purchase the subsidiaries of Singapore-based marine services provider Jaya Holdings for $S625 million ($550 million), in an all-cash deal which represents one of the largest acquisitions by a Western Australian company in recent years.
Forge Group administrators Ferrier Hodgson held the first creditors meeting in Perth today, where it was revealed there are now only 90 Australian staff still employed by Forge, down from 1,622.
