Social innovation has been on the state government’s agenda for nearly 12 months, with $14 million in the Social Innovation Grants Program kitty aimed at supporting organisations that develop new w
With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving
It's time to break apart a 50-year-old business tradition - strategic planning - and think about it in terms of two distinct activities: strategic thinking and execution planning.
PERTH’S residential property market is poised for an upturn in coming months, with median prices and housing finance commitments on the rise, and rapidly increasing rents pointing to a bright 2012
WITH construction of its hotel due for completion this year and $93 million of apartments pre-sold in its QIII development, Singaporean property group Frasers is moving ahead with the next st
CBD sales top $1bnProperty group Stockland capped off a busy 2011 for office sales in Perth, with the sale of a 50 per cent interest in Exchange Plaza for $157.7 million.
A MODULAR construction facility being set up by Hutchinson Builders in Northam is set to establish the Queensland company as a high-capacity producer of transportable buildings in Western Australia
WITH construction costs among the factors dissuading developers from building hotels in Perth, the number of boutique projects coming online in existing structures is cause for optimism, according
THE cost of doing business in the hotel sector is rising, with penalty wage rates among the more contentious issues for operators who claim to face the highest running costs in the world.
EXPERIENCED resources investment bankers Neville Gardiner and Jeremy Carlberg are preparing to launch a new corporate advisory outfit in Perth called Torridon Partners, adding further diversity to
OZ Minerals lifted gold output in the final quarter of 2011 while copper production fell but it still achieved full-year production in line with guidance.
Australian shares were flat in early trade after poor results from US banks capped gains from more positive mining figures and economic data overnight.
BHP Billiton looks set to break its first-half profit records despite softer iron ore prices, with a surge in production giving the global miner confidence it will beat full-year targets for the st
US stocks followed European counterparts higher on Tuesday buoyed by encouraging economic news from Germany and China, and a strong reading from a New York regional economic activity indicator.
The Australian dollar rose more than one US cent after trader sentiment was buoyed by the publication of stronger than expected economic growth in China.
Silver Lake Resources has reported a 186 per cent increase in half-year pre-tax profit to $24.6 million, on the back of record production at its Mount Monger gold operation.
Australian shares closed at their highest level in five weeks after better than expected Chinese economic growth buoyed already optimistic investor sentiment.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's concerned about reports that Australian mining companies are being forced to buy Chinese equipment to secure minerals export contracts.
The federal government must better explain the productivity gains that small and medium businesses can achieve from the National Broadband Network, a new report on technology investment says.
Manganese miner OM Holdings expects to post a loss of about $12 million for the 2011 calendar year, due to the high Australian dollar and several one-off costs.
