News Articles for Deidre Willmott

Independent schools across the state are benefiting from the experience some of Perth's most prominent business leaders have brought to their boards, providing greater diversity and structure to the decision-making process.

Three consortia have been shortlisted to come up with detailed proposals for Western Australia's first public private partnership for schools, with the winner to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools over 25 years.

More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.

More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has defended the viability of Western Australian manufacturing in global markets and has called on the government to remove barriers to innovation and growth to capture international opportunities.

The international stage has helped this year's local business and political leaders stand out from the pack – including our Person of the Year, Richard Goyder.

This week's instalment from Peter Kennedy's Tales from Boom Town focuses on the extraordinary events that led to Colin Barnett becoming premier of WA.

The state government will legislate to include the University of Western Australia, Kings Park, the QEII Medical Centre and the City of Vincent in the City of Perth, but will not include the Burswood Peninsula after that proposal was rejected by the independent Local Government Advisory Board.

Bringing personal views to managing other people's money is tricky.

The small business sector has had some significant wins of late. Our 4-page special report analyses the issues facing small business, profiles two franchise groups expanding in WA and looks at unique incentive programs for staff.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has hit back at unions who have called for a parliamentary inquiry into the Gorgon project.

Perth's investment banking sector is jockeying for position to sell Canning Vale Market City, Utah Point in Port Hedland and the Kwinana Bulk Terminal, the first assets to be sold off to reduce the

It's been two years since the introduction of Sunday trading in the state and positive survey results from Curtin Business School found almost 60 per cent of Western Australians support the deregulation of retail trading hours.

If key areas of reform were implemented in Western Australia then the state's economy could double in size in the next 20 years, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's latest report.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has launched a new website for businesses to air their issues with bureaucratic red tape.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced plans to educate new recruits from the indigenous community in a new federal government program based on the GenerationOne employment model.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is concerned the Maritime Union of Australia's planned strike action at Onslow will trigger a domino effect of disruptions at the state's ports, affecting crucial links in the resources supply chain.

Increasingly online-savvy customers have fuelled business and government demand for digital communications advice, which in turn has spurred public relations firms to increase their offering in this specialist area.

SPECIAL REPORT: Power and influence in WA is adjusting to a new order after the boom.

The potential strike action at Port Hedland has brought into sharp relief key workplace relations issues facing Australia.

The state and federal budgets have created new opportunities for the private sector, as governments seek to repair their strained finances.

Deidre Willmott, Lisa Scaffidi and Liz Constable have joined the board of the Perth USAsia Centre based at the University of Western Australia.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Economic Regulation Authority has dismissed calls from several industry bodies for the creation of an independent infrastructure advisory body, saying it is an added cost unlikely to contribute much.

Gender is a perennial issue because progress comes in fits and starts.

SPECIAL REPORT: A complementary skill set and vast experience put CCI's leadership team on the right track.

SPECIAL REPORT: CCI has a new president and chief executive, both with a long involvement in the lobby group's policies.

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.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief executive Deidre Willmott has urged the Abbott government to go harder on its proposed industrial relations reforms, arguing more needs to be done to tackle union militancy.

Three business lobby groups with large representation in Western Australia have presented a united front to urge the Senate to repeal both the mining and carbon taxes.

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.

The state's peak business group has hired a former chief of staff to premier Colin Barnett as its new chief executive. Deidre Willmott will succeed James Pearson as CCI chief executive.

WA's newest lobbying firm, Barton Deakin, makes no secret of its political ties.

WA experience has kept Perth's top PR firms on top of their game and prevented global companies from getting much of a look in.

FIVE public relations firms dominated the Western Australian corporate finance market last year, with FTI Consulting ranked a narrow winner based on the value of transactions it worked on.

Willmott to chair Cannings Purple

Public and government relations firm Cannings Purple has appointed Colin Barnett's former chief of staff and current Fortescue Metals Group executive Deidre Willmott as executive chairman.

A SERIES of moves by political staffers into roles linked to the resources sector reveals the growing need for corporate players to find their way around bureaucracy and political roadblocks.

Colin Barnett has raised his hand for another tilt at the Liberal Party leadership but first has to find an electorate after Deidre Willmott said she wanted to continue as the endorsed candidate for his seat of Cottesloe.

TheChamber of Commerce and Industry has completed a series of changes to its senior management with the recruitment of Diedre Willmott as its inaugural executive director policy.