The buoyancy of the oil and gas sector in the current economic climate has helped deliver record revenues and profit for the half year for Neptune Marine Services.
Po Valley Energy has secured three-years of forward sales from two of its Italian gas fields, valued at around $150 million, after signing a second offtake deal with Elettrogas.
Wealth management company Plan B Group Holdings has paid some $7 million in cash and scrip to acquire a majority interest in Melbourne-based wealth advisory business, Strategic Financial Management.
Two more years of economic pain; Fortescue cancels raising; Seven minus debt equals zero; Bonds put Woodside on strong cash track; OZ shares fall on fear of banks
MACMAHON Holdings director John Massey has seized on the company's declining share price to bolster his interest in the stock, a day after the release of a subdued interim report.
BURSWOOD Entertainment Complex has become the first major Western Australian employer to sign up to the Australian Employment Covenant, a scheme designed to provide 50,000 jobs for indigenous Australians.
FOR the past decade, the Clontarf Foundation has forged partnerships with business leaders and heads of government to help develop its program to assist Aboriginal youth.
THE Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has named the Small Business Development Corporation, LandCorp and the state's eight port authorities as prime candidates for privatisation or review.
FEDERAL schemes designed to increase the uptake of solar panels have created plenty of business for companies like Solar Unlimited, but the rapid expansion is providing a major management challenge for the Western Australian firm.
TWO peak mining industry bodies have applauded the state government's announcement of an $80 million minerals exploration incentive, to be delivered over four years.
INDUSTRY groups have welcomed increased federal government support for training, as one of Australia's largest training providers was forced for the first time ever to stand down probationary apprentices.
THE state government's plans for a gas processing hub on the Kimberley coast have received a boost from the region's traditional owners, which have said they are ready to negotiate a deal for a large-scale liquefied natural gas development on Aboriginal l
WHILE Western Australia's geothermal energy industry progresses at a snail's pace, former Perth-based BHP Billiton executive Bret Mattes is enjoying rapid progress in Indonesia.
RESEARCH has shown that Australian businesses involved in importing and exporting in the current economic climate are becoming dissatisfied with the trade loans provided by their financiers.
