Vacancy across Perth’s suburban office markets contracted slightly over the past six months, in sharp contrast to the CBD commercial property vacancy rate, which has blown out since the middle of last year.
Stavely Minerals has secured a $2 million share subscription agreement with its contracted drilling services company, Titeline Drilling, under which Stavely can partly pay its monthly drilling bill in lieu of Titeline’s share subscription payment.
The share market ended an eventful day slightly lower, with gains by the big miners offset by falls from the banks, retailers and health care companies.
A Perth entrepreneur has followed in the footsteps of Toms Shoes and Zambrero, with a one-for-one proposal to benefit children’s charity, The Smith Family.
Two training facilities in the Kimberley will officially open this week after Training and Workforce Development Minister Kim Hames announced the completion of a $9.9 million redevelopment today.
Interest rates don't appear to be moving any time soon, with recent falls in the Australian dollar still failing to impress the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Perth's established suburbs accounted for just 28 per cent of all urban land development in 2012, well below the long-term 'infill' target of 47 per cent, prompting calls for regulatory reform from the Property Council of Australia.
Minbos Resources will issue more than 203.3 million new ordinary shares and 93.3 million new unlisted options to investors as part of its conversion of outstanding convertible notes and securities.
Fox Resources has announced plans to sell its Bundaberg coking coal project in Queensland, while shifting focus on developing its Western Australian projects.
Tony Abbott won't say whether the budget has improved or worsened since the coalition came to power just over a year ago, instead saying it was more "honest".
US stocks have finished modestly lower as investor caution returned to the market ahead of Wednesday's unofficial kick-off of third-quarter company earnings reports.
Ausdrill subsidiary Energy Drilling Australia has secured a contract extension of undisclosed value with Strike Energy for a three-month drill campaign in the Cooper Basin.
The state government has announced plans for the private sector to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools, using a contracting model that has previously been employed in four other states.
Miro Advisors has been selected by oil and gas explorer New Standard Energy to manage the farm-out of its Western Australian exploration acreage, continuing four years of rapid growth for the Perth advisory firm, as detailed in this week's edition of Business News.
A University of Western Australia doctoral student has found major banks were exploiting price sensitive information through the London Gold Fix and has predicted the demise of the system before the end of the year.
Transport Minister Dean Nalder has announced that Fremantle Ports will go to market for the leasing of its container terminals on North Quay for undisclosed sums.
