THE Master Builders Association has backed Western Australian builders’ handling of the $16.2 billion Building the Education Revolution schools program, following claims of price gouging by builders in other states.
WESTERN Australia’s town planners have shifted their focus from metropolitan residential planning to infrastructure and regional projects as a result of lingering effects of the financial crisis.
PRIVATELY owned property developer and investment firm, The Lester Group, has backed its positive view of the commercial property market by agreeing to buy an $8.5 million Subiaco office building.
The National Australia Bank's move to abolish a number of its fees has earned it the inaugural banking leadership award, among others, at the Canstar Cannex's Innovation Excellence awards.
Western Australian consumers have taken a cautious approach towards taking on new debt with demand for mortgage and personal credit falling during the first quarter of the year as compared to the same period last year, a new study has found.
Former Regis Resources managing director David Walker has reportedly pared back his claim for damages against three of the company's directors, who successfully rolled the board last year.
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers will finalise rail access details for its $US2.5 billion Collie urea project after it entered into an agreement with WestNet Rail.
Iron Ore Holdings managing director Matthew Rimes has spent $3 million exercising options at less than half the value of the company's last traded price.
Belmont-based Aurora Minerals has raised $15.5 million through a share placement, with funds to be applied to its Capricorn South East manganese project in the south of the Pilbara region.
Shares in Aditya Birla Minerals have risen after the base metals miner today said it expects an annual profit after tax of $61 million, a turnaround from the $76 million loss from the previous year.
An experienced blue-chip board that includes former Wesfarmers finance director Gene Tilbrook and Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan has been named to prepare Queensland-based QR National for its ASX listing.
Kerry Stokes' Seven Network has cleared the final hurdle in its merger with privately-owned industrial equipment business WesTrac, with the Federal Court today approving the $3 billion deal.
The state government has received 90 applications seeking more than $9 million in co-funding as part of its $80 million Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) to encourage drilling and exploration in untapped areas.
Chevron has awarded a Chinese engineering company a $US180 million contract for the construction of modules for the Gorgon gas project that was originally earmarked for Australian steel fabricators.
The state government has announced the development of an energy Generation Outlook to provide an outline of the type, size and timing of future power generation to help ensure Western Australia has adequate, cost-efficient electricity supply.
It seems size really does matter in the corporate sector with larger businesses reporting a significantly higher level of satisfaction with their business banks as compared to their smaller counterparts, a survey says.
IronClad Mining hopes to calm investors and clarify details of the funding arrangements for the start up of the Wilcherry Hill Iron Ore Project in South Australia.
Shares in iron ore hopeful BC Iron have surged five per cent in morning trade after the company was formally granted a mining lease for its Nullagine project.
Shares in Moly Mines have been lifted following the company's completion of the Chinese-backed transaction resulting in Hanlong Mining Investment becoming Moly's controlling shareholder after settling the $US200 million equity and debt funding.
Pilbara-focused minerals outfit Fox Resources has announced a rights issue to potentially raise over $7 million to further advance its heap leaching operation.
The state government has announced a significant win for the state's wheat farmers and exporters with Saudi Arabia's sole importer amending tender specifications to allow Australian wheat to be imported into the country.
The state opposition says proposed tax rises by the Barnett government would see local small businesses slugged an extra $355 million over the next three years.
The recovering local economy has prompted recruitment firm Hays to urge employers to review their recruitment processes as Western Australia's list of skills in demand grows.
Constellation Wines, the Australian subsidiary of US-based Constellation Brands, has confirmed it has put the Amberley Estate in Margaret River on the market.
Security technology outfit QRSciences Holdings is set to sell its loss-making Perth subsidiary to US company, Rapiscan Systems Inc, for $US150,000 ($A162,069) cash.
West Perth-based Navigator Resources has today stepped into the producer ring with the pouring of the first gold bars at both its Bronzewing and Leonora operations on the same day.
Poseidon Nickel has today restarted underground operations at its Mt Windarra nickel project in the Goldfields after the global financial turmoil halted work 18 months ago.
REGARDLESS of the rhetoric of corporate responsibility and the greater good, most corporations and business people become involved in arts bodies and foundations due to a personal interest in the arts.
