Global energy giant Shell has expanded its footprint at Leighton Properties and DEXUS Property Group's Kings Square, signing up to take up a further 5,847 square metres of office space in the devel
When Australia's health insurance funds increased their premiums at the start of April it was Western Australian fund HIF that had the lowest increases across the board.
A range of sophisticated and institutional investors have been named as some of the major shareholders in financial services firm Pioneer Credit following its $40.2 million IPO.
Perth-based financial services group Pioneer Credit is looking to raise more than $40 million with the sale of just over half the company through an IPO which will provide capital for the group to expand its debt purchasing.
Perth's CBD office market is still proving to be attractive to offshore investors, with the office building at 130 Stirling Street sold to a Singaporean firm for $90 million.
After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.
The corporate sector has a social responsibility to implement health and wellness strategies, according to speakers at this week's Success and Leadership breakfast.
Health insurer HBF is on track to grow its newly acquired Friendlies Pharmacies network to 60 stores, after becoming the parent company to the pharmacy franchise in April.
Construction of health insurance provider HBF's new home has begun, with Planning Minister John Day on hand to launch the fourth office tower at the Kings Square precinct.
Health insurer HBF has completed a deal, foreshadowed earlier this year, to purchase and move into one of the new Kings Square office towers, relocating its 600-strong staff from its existing offic
Leighton Holdings marked a significant step in its Kings Square project this morning with a sod turning ceremony attended by Planning Minister John Day.
David Ligovich has been appointed as chief financial officer and company secretary of health and community provider Silver Chain Group, following the resignation of Michael Bowd, who has been with
The race to build a hotel and apartment tower in the state government's blue riband Elizabeth Quay precinct has turned into a tug-of-war between three consortia.
LEIGHTON Properties has stolen a march on rival developers, including Brookfield Properties, aiming to start work on Perth's next large office buildings.
Leighton Properties is close to locking in plans for a second office tower in its Kings Square development in central Perth, with WA health insurer HBF in talks to buy one of the proposed buildings
THE belief that healthy employees are likely to be more productive, and therefore improve a business's bottom line, is a major driver behind the prevalence of corporate wellness strategies in the w
FIVE years ago when Mathias Cormann took office, assuming the Senate seat vacated by his Liberal predecessor Ian Campbell, the political landscape was very different.
IT and communications consultants in Western Australia appear to be thriving – a trend which Perth-based company Conducive claims is in response to strong demand from the resources industry.
THE combination of physical activity and fundraising for a good cause has proved a near-faultless model in recent years, with swimming, running and cycling among the many ways of raising a dollar.
FOUR of Australia's five largest cooperatives are based in Western Australia, with the industry contributing more than $6 billion to the local economy, according to new research.
Health insurer HBF has revealed one of its strongest years on record as improved investment markets more than match up with the rising levels of claims.
Western Australia-based health fund HBF has offloaded its general insurance business to national giant IAG's subsidiary, CGU, for an undisclosed sum as part of a strategy to focus on its core business.
WESTERN Australian grains handler Co-operative Bulk Handling, also known as CBH Group, has been ranked number one for the second consecutive year in Co-operatives Australia's top-100 list, based on annual turnover.
Many not-for-profit organisations are rethinking their business model as the lines between the public, private and charitable sectors become more opaque.
LARGE organisations eager to contribute to the not-for-profit sector often lack the time to adequately research where funds or workplace volunteers can be best directed.
The state's largest health insurer HBF is forecasting a loss of $115 million for the 2009 financial year but says it has strong financial reserves, accumulated during recent years, to weather the financial downturn.
ROB Bransby has been appointed managing director of HBF. Mr Bransby was appointed chief executive officer of HBF in January 2007 after joining HBF in October 2005 as general manager.
The second stage of Perth-based health insurer HBF's expansion into financial services got underway today with the launch of an online savings account and line of credit in association with the Bank of Queensland.
Perth-based health insurer HBF has replaced acting general manager Mathias Cormann with group strategy manager Sheila Hood, ahead of Mr Cormann's planned May resignation to contest a Senate seat.
It is something of a familiar tale in corporate Western Australia – expatriates and those working on the east coast struggling to find a suitable job when they want to return.
The home loan alliance between Perth-based health insurer HBF and the Bank of Queensland will be launched today, though the fund's chief-executive-elect said the insurer had no plans to become a bank.
