A TIGHTENING credit market provided the perfect opportunity for UK-based debtor finance specialist Bibby Financial Services to enter the Western Australian market, opening a Perth office this week.
A WESTERN Australian equipment designer is looking to stake a claim in the lucrative global energy market, taking on the world leaders in energy efficiency technology.
CREDITORS will be hoping for higher returns from the collapsed Palandri Wine Group as the company is placed into liquidation and the probe into some of the group's transactions continues.
THE sub-prime mortgage crisis could adversely affect some of the state's more conservative not-for-profit organisations, with a number having invested in complex financial securities called collateralised debt obligations.
WHEN issuers of high-yield securities backed by sub-prime mortgages went on the sales offensive to investors in Western Australia in mid-2007, they pursued the three Cs - councils, churches and charities.
THE roll call of Western Australian businesses directly affected by the global credit crunch grew suddenly during the past week, with several listed companies changing their plans in response to the meltdown on Wall Street.
THE medical supplier behind a locally developed physiotherapy device is raising capital to float the business and enhance its presence in world's competitive medical arena.
SO far, so good...in fact, better than expected.
The Barnett-Nationals partnership government seems to have comfortably ensconced itself into power, which means those big white chauffeur-driven ministerial automobiles now have new passengers.
LEIGHTON Holdings Ltd has emerged as one of the most active buyers of small Western Australian businesses in the past year, paying more than $22 million for three service organisations that expanded its footprint in Perth and the South West.
A MID-DECADE housing industry boom in Australia, fuelled by an ultimately destabilising rate of population growth, diverts scarce resources, including funds, away from much more productive sectors of the economy.
THE details of the federal government's carbon trading system may not be finalsied, but one Western Australian carbon offset trader is hoping its early adopter status will be an advantage in the new legislative environment.
THE Australian stock market rebounded to close almost 2 per cent higher after the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed the cash rate by 100 basis points to 6 per cent.
INTRUSIVE telemarketing phone calls may become a thing of the past if the boundless potential of the search engine used for 85 per cent of internet searches in Australia - Google - can be realised.
THE list of carbon-offset firms in Western Australia continues to grow, as a new player with a combined horticultural/carbon sink project looks to enter the market.
Emeco Holdings Ltd managing director Laurence Freedman has increased his interest in the company through the on market acquisition of 1 million shares at a total cost of $790,000.
THE federal government's push towards mutual recognition of trades between states has raised concerns from peak professional body, the Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division.
INCREASED requirements on energy efficiency and water use are expected to fuel the growth in green buildings for commercial and residential developments.
THE development of Western Ausralia?s second desalination plant at Binningup, north of Bunbury, has moved a step closer after the state?s environment watchdog recommended that the Water Corporation pr
DURING the past three years, the influx of cranes into the Perth CBD has provided a strong visual reminder of the strength of Western Australia's economy and the buoyancy in the property sector.
THE state could have been up to $2 billion better off if the Carpenter government had actively pursued renewable energy projects at the start of the decade, according to WA Sustainable Energy Association chief executive Ray Wills.
DESPITE no firm launch date having been set for its delayed mutualisation, $9 billion fund manager GESB has unveiled a highly experienced seven-member board.
NEWLY established venture capital firm Banksia Capital has struck its first deal, raising $7 million for Malaga-based water filtration company Cool Clear Water Beverages Pty Ltd to assist the company's expansion.
THE waste sector has thrown its support behind the inclusion of waste emissions in the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, saying it will set a price signal to encourage economically and environmentally efficient solutions in waste reduction, recycling, wa
THE market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies crashed to a 20-month low during September, falling 21 per cent to $127 billion, according to the Deloitte WA Index.
