RETAIL giants Wesfarmers and Woolworths continue to employ more people in Western Australia than any other private sector employers, with the introduction of Sunday trading boosting part-time and c
The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
THE drama that has enveloped the elite Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne over the past month has done more than put this private institution under an uncomfortable glare of public examination;
AUSTRALIA'S two major ammonium nitrate producers are punting $1.3 billion that the mining boom has enough legs to justify their investment in new production capacity.
AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state
THE average tenure for a managing director of Wesfarmers is about 13 years, which puts its current chief Richard Goyder at about the mid point if he continues in the role.
Perth-based specialty minerals company Wolf Minerals will raise $80.1 million through debt fund facilities to finance construction of its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in Southwest England.
The Downer Clough joint venture has won a $200 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Wesfarmers subsidiary CSBP, which today announced the formal go-ahead for a $550
Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.
WHETHER a matter of corporate social responsibility or a condition for an operating licence, a tactical stop-gap measure or just the right thing to do – the adoption of measures to improve indigeno
Western Australia's business leaders, including Woodside's Peter Coleman, said today the state needs to focus on meeting its own skilled labour needs, as Queensland Premier Anna Bligh swooped on th
Wesfarmers has reported a strong rise in full-year profit and foreshadowed further operational improvements, though managing director Richard Goyder has conceded the diversified group needs to impr
Australia's resources-led economic recovery has had a major impact on the pay of WA-based executives, with a big rise in the number of million dollar pay packets as share prices bounced back from GFC lows.
Wesfarmers is cautious about the outlook for the second half of 2009/10, after posting a flat first half result, but says the turnaround of its Coles supermarket chain remains on track.
The appointment of leading commercial lawyer Paul Meadows to Wesfarmers executive team has had a ripple affect across the top of the conglomerate, at both board and management level.
WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.
Conglomerate Wesfarmers says it expects a lower dividend for the third consecutive year as it launches a heavily discounted rights issue to raise nearly $3 billion to help pay down debt from its $20 billion Coles acquisition.
Wesfarmers Ltd has unveiled a new remuneration package for managing director Richard Goyder in a step to better reflect the increased responsibilities stemming from the Coles acquisition.
Wesfarmers Ltd's share price slumped today after it announced a 33 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending June 2008 of just over $1 billion but a fall in earnings per share.
When asked what he considered was the anniversary date of last year's Coles Group Ltd takeover, Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder nominates July 21 as the most appropriate.
Wesfarmers Ltd says its pre-tax earnings will be cut by up to $20 million a month, as the company feels the impact of gas outages following an explosion that closed down the Varanus Island gas plant.
An innovative takeover sweetener for Coles Group Ltd shareholders became all the more important last week when an independent expert's report revealed Wesfarmers Ltd would effectively secure the retailer on the cheap.
Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder has seized an opportunity to fine-tune the conglomerate's management team while continuing to build up its investment and acquisition focus.
Richard Goyder has made the most significant move in his short tenure as Wesfarmers Ltd chief, creating a new stand-alone coal division and reshuffling his executive team on news of the departure of energy boss David Robb to head Iluka Resources Ltd.
