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National essential services players ARA Group has bought Firesafe Group, an installation and maintenance business backed by two of Western Australia's biggest family offices.

PPS Water Group founder Matthew Rear has been named Australia's top services entrepreneur at the 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Two local family offices have found mutual benefit in working together when it comes to investment in emerging companies.

A proposed cap on international student numbers has sparked confusion for education providers.

The past year has seen some big changes among WA's top philanthropists and how they go about their task.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss BGC results; home building incentives; housing price hikes; Rio royalty payments; Harvest Road's loss; all the action in lithium; Satterley's LWP deal and Cottesloe preselection.

Global education player Navitas hopes it can finally shake the impact of Covid after a big net loss.

Virtually unknown in WA a decade ago, the family office has become an established niche.

Old or emerging, disruptions to dynasties have the potential to make or break their businesses.

Family offices are becoming more prominent in the investment space.

As WA opens to the rest of the country, business leaders are debating which industries the state should target for growth.

Investors left out of pocket by the 2016 break-up of former AFL footballer Andrew Donnelly's insurance business are leaving no stone unturned in their quest for lost money.

The ranking of WA's largest private companies has changed dramatically over the past decade.

Perth dealmakers Tim Day and Rob Hamilton are looking to support the next generation of growth businesses after merging their firms.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Craig Hasson, Richard Baddeley, Rod Jones and Ryan Abbott.

Our board moves wrap includes John McGlue, Andrew Teo, Leslie Wise, Greg Clark, Kathryn Davies, Bruce Griffin, and Rod Jones.

The state government has set up an advisory group, with executives from more than 20 businesses and community groups, to provide advice on the impacts of COVID-19 and measures to help economic recovery.

This year's Most Influential feature has been narrowed down to the 50 people in WA making the biggest impact in business and politics.

Private companies and not-for-profit businesses play a prominent role in the West Australian economy, with annual revenue at the top 20 exceeding $32 billion, according to data compiled by Business News.

International education is a $1.9 billion industry for WA, and there are plenty of innovative ideas about how to build the sector.

Several former Navitas executives have banded together to form Camino Global Education, following Navitas' $2.3 billion privatisation in June which saw ownership partially returned to founder Rod J

Our weekly appointment wrap includes Scott Jones, Terry Waldron, Reg Howard-Smith, David Buckingham, Philip Mirams, Colin Pavlovich, Ken Michael, Lee Broomhall, Kelly Howlett, Tim Youe, Joshua Byrne, David Templeman, Anne Banks-McAllister, Peter Snowsill, Martin Hirsch, Michael Winlo, Charles Fear, Patrick Beilby, Biljana Radulovic, Hector West, Matthew Seabrook, Arash Kalani, Simon Pigliardo, Kathy Reid, Melissa Joyce, Nada Raphael, Fredrick Riebeling, Gina Nofal, and Nicola Jansen.

The son of Navitas founder Rod Jones has been appointed the company's chief executive while former Wesfarmers executive Colin Pavolich has been appointed chief financial officer.

Prendiville Group is pressing ahead with major upgrades of several hotel properties across Western Australia based on its longer-term optimism for the state.

Navitas has disclosed that it will incur costs of about $20 million on its acquisition by a BGH consortium, including fees to professional advisers and extra payments to its directors and executives.

The federal government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given the tick of approval to a private consortium's proposed acquisition of global education provider Navitas.

A consortium comprised of private equity firm BGH, AustralianSuper and former Navitas chief executive Rod Jones have agreed to buy the global education provider for $2.3 billion.

Three months after announcing a new education strategy, StudyPerth has launched its action plan, outlining a range of ideas to attract and retain international students.

Navitas directors have recommended shareholders accept an increased $2.1 billion takeover proposal by a consortium that includes its founder and former chief executive, Rod Jones, who says the new ownership would boost the company's prospects .

SPECIAL REPORT: Asset sales and M&A action were the highlights of a busy year for WA's wealthiest.

Navitas co-founder Rod Jones attacked the company's earnings forecasts at today's annual meeting, as chairman Tracey Horton was narrowly re-elected with 50.8 per cent of the vote.

The board of Navitas has rebuffed a $2 billion takeover offer from a consortium of investors, which includes co-founder Rod Jones, saying the deal is well below its valuation of the education services company.

Navitas founder Rod Jones has stepped down from the board to manage his conflict of interest in relation to the $2 billion indicative takeover proposal for the education services company.

Navitas founder Rod Jones and his fellow board members have failed to reach agreement on insider protocols designed to manage conflicts of interest affecting the takeover target.

Premier Mark McGowan and StudyPerth chair Rod Jones this morning launched a new strategy to attract international students to Western Australia, with Mr Jones throwing out a challenge to the sector to turn the strategy into action.

New Zealand-based investment group Infratil is considering selling its majority stake in local electricity provider Perth Energy, which recently returned to profit after running at a loss for the past three years.

Shares in Perth-based education services provider Navitas closed 21.8 per cent higher today after the company received an indicative takeover proposal from consortium that includes founder and director Rod Jones.

Navitas co-founder and former managing director Rod Jones has backed an indicative takeover bid for the education services company led by Australian private equity giant BGH Capital.

Klaus Eckhof has resigned as executive chairman of AVZ Minerals. Mr Eckhof is a geologist and has worked in delineating gold within the mining industry.

The latest uptake of CBD-based projects could provide the shot in the arm Perth needs to boost international student numbers.