IN his first outing as treasurer, Premier Colin Barnett sold last week’s state budget as one that reins in costs and shares the pain across the community, as increased charges and rising royalties have helped to keep the state’s finances in the black.
THE Chooks Fresh & Tasty concept began with ‘chief chook’ Steve Hansen, who started out in franchising 27 years ago when he invested in a Chicken World business with his father-in-law, Colin Manuel.
THE recruitment industry may have felt the effects of the global economic downturn more than most, as evidenced by the number of local businesses to fold in the past year, but Marble Group presents a different story.
THE City of Stirling says all the boxes have been ticked for the revitalisation of Scarborough and it is now up to the private sector to deliver new amenity to the seaside suburb.
Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have both made the top five of BRW's Rich List, worth an estimated $4.75 billion and $4.24 billion and sitting in second and fourth positions respectively.
Agribusiness TFS Corporation has received a boost to its share value after announcing it had signed a deal with a US-based institutional investor potentially worth $120 million over six years.
Business credit enquiries from small to medium businesses have grown steadily this year depsite over a third of SMEs having experienced a lending rate increase during the six months to April 2010, two separate surveys have shown.
The state government appears to have acknowledged the looming issue of residential property supply, creating a new office charged with releasing more land for housing development.
The state government has funded the key projects it has announced during the year, with fiscal restraint and rising royalty income allowing it to include infrastructure spending without blowing the budget.
In his first outing as Treasurer, Premier Colin Barnett delivered a promised surplus - $286 million - on the back of sharp royalty rises, increased services charges to households and restraint in spending growth which was limited to 3.9 per cent.
Port Bouvard is set to receive a much needed lifeline from Queensland's FKP Property Group, which has agreed to chip in nearly $23 million to a planned $60.2 million capital raising.
Fox Resources says it is in talks with shareholder Jinchuan Group to extend a current offtake deal and a possible $20 million funding agreement for its Radio Hill nickel-copper project in the Pilbara.
FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan made a lightning visit to Perth this week, in an attempt to placate resources sector fears the government’s proposed super profits tax would cost up to half a million jobs and cripple the industry.
