A dispute over the estate of late BGC founder Len Buckeridge, believed to be worth more than $2.5 billion, has continued to play out in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
BGC's board has hit pause on plans to sell the Buckeridge family's billion dollar building products company as it grapples with supply chain challenges and industry-wide labour shortages.
From virtual reality floor plans to in-house demonstrations, BGC Housing Group's new showroom aims to give homebuyers a sensory experience not available online.
BGC Australia has reported a net loss of $107 million on revenue of $974 million in the year to June 2019, as the group continues its major restructure.
A broad suite of asset sales is high on Daniel Cooper's agenda, but radically changing the way BGC operates is not on the priority list for the company's new chief executive.
BGC Australia is one of the state's largest and most diverse business groups, with revenue last financial year in excess of $2 billion from its building, construction, property, contracting, trucking and manufacturing operations.
Michael McLean, the long-time executive director of the Masters Builders Association WA, talked to Mark Pownall on the day he announced plans to retire.
Singaporean-listed OKP Holdings has made its first foray into Australia, via the purchase of an East Perth property for $43.5 million from BGC directors Andrew and Sam Buckeridge.
Fourth-generation commercial building company W Fairweather & Son was named the winner of the Master Builders Association's Robert Law award at an event in Perth today.
It may have only taken about 18 months to build, but Perth's newest hotel – the recently opened Aloft Perth in Rivervale – was a six-year journey for the world's largest hotel operator, and one of Western Australia's biggest home-grown builders.
SPECIAL REPORT: Some of WA's top company directors have achieved extraordinary gains in their wealth over the past year, and while most held onto their shares, a group of 11 reaped more than $180 million from share sales.
The family of yet another great Western Australian entrepreneur appears set for a public fight over an inheritance, with the descendants of the late Len Buckeridge going to court over his $2.5 billion estate.
SPECIAL REPORT: Home builder Julian Walter and company director Tony Howarth have spoken to Business News about how they are working together on the transition to the next generation at JWH Group.
Western Australia's Caratti and Cardaci families have featured for the first time in BRW's rich families list, while the Buckeridge family has been ranked as the state's wealthiest.
In my previous column here I examined the history behind the fiasco around the Perth Freight Link, with nearly 20 years of poor policy decisions restricting Fremantle's freedom as a port because of below-standard transport connections.
Recent events in the business and political sphere highlight again the importance of having a good succession plan, a process that many leaders do not embrace or understand.
Strong growth in BGC's contracting and development arms mean the diversified group is set to become even larger following the passing of founder Len Buckeridge, if it stays intact.
Western Australian magnate Len Buckeridge has died of a heart attack at his home at the age of 77 – leaving one of the nation's biggest construction and building materials businesses in the hands of his children.
The state government's hopes of ending a $1 billion dispute with building magnate Len Buckeridge over the James Point port project appear to have been dashed, with the developer's lawyer revealing
It might be playing with fire to own a pair of asbestos gloves these days, but Colin Barnett should borrow a pair before finalising a red-hot deal to sell the Kwinana Bulk Terminal to building mate
It's hard to imagine anyone being unhappy with Andrew and Nicola Forrest's remarkably generous $65 million donation to establish a system of educational scholarships to rival that created by Cecil Rhodes more than 100 years ago.
IT'S easy to get excited about what's happening in the fast-moving world of currency values but it's wrong to describe what's happening as a ‘war', because it's not; what's going on is simply econo
