South West business, SmartBurn Pty Ltd, has raised industry profile in the past month after winning three national awards for its pollution reduction device used in wood heaters.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I
Recruitment companies that sponsor workers on 457 visas in order to contract them out to industry will now be required to use labour hire agreements, under new legislation that came into effect this month.
With office space on Perth’s city fringe in high demand, the Herdsman Business Park is experiencing a development boom with six office projects expected to come on-line next year.
Few leading business figures could manage to look as comfortable as Peter Holmes a Court late on a Friday afternoon in the busy front bar of the Cottesloe Beach Hotel.
It may have made its name selling haberdashery and bolts of chiffon, but big box-style retailer Spotlight is moving on by diversifying into home decor and party supplies, investing more than $10 million in the Western Australian market.
NICKEL explorer Western Areas Ltd has discovered what it believes is a nickel deposit that could be as big as its Flying Fox deposit, which is about 400 kilometres east of Perth at its Forrestania pro
The booming share market has delivered strong profit growth for Perth’s major stockbroking firms, but a close analysis of their latest financial results reveals a wide variation in performance.
Woolworths subsidiary, Dan Murphy’s, is almost ready to open its first large-format discount outlet in Western Australia on Culloton Crescent, Westminster, after looking for an entry point into the state’s liquor retailing scene for several years.
AFTER 13 years managing the portfolio of Ventura Homes as group construction manager, builder David Russell has joined Perth newcomer, Frasers Property, as construction director.
With the federal election campaign officially under way, the business community should start planning for the prospect of a Labor government in Canberra.
The next wave of office developments in West Perth is about to begin, with the City of Perth dealing with a number of new development and building applications.
Aurox Resources Ltd has appointed Neil Tregea as project director, responsible for overseeing the constructing and commissioning of the company’s Balla Balla iron concentrate operation.
The $303 million initial public offering by earthmoving company NRW Holdings Ltd has led Western Australia’s strong resources-driven growth in IPO activity for the September quarter.
Amadeus Energy Ltd - Peter Lehle has been appointed as a director. Aurium Resources Ltd - Anthony Karam has resigned as company secretary, to be replaced by director John Geary.
UK-based industrial services company Cape plc’s local spending spree looks set to hit more than $430 million in the past few months after securing acceptance from the board of its latest target PCH Group Ltd.
Western Australia’s labour market remains tight, with low unemployment and significant growth in real wages recorded for the June quarter, according to the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection’s labour market bulletin.
REMEMBER when you were in school and you got your report card? And you were so nervous that you didn’t open it, because you thought there were bad grades, and you just couldn’t look?
Navigating a business through Western Australia’s economic boom presents enormous challenges for business, according to several leading WA business executives.
Several Perth entrepreneurs are nervous about the impact a change of federal government next month could have on the Australian economy in three to five years’ time.
A diverse and highly skilled board can transform an organisation, yet finding the right board members can be a major challenge for many not-for-profits.
The Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia is holding a supply chain & logistics leadership forum titled ‘Introducing change’, October 25 at the Technology Park Function Centre in Bentley.
Welshpool-based mining and earthmoving contractor NRW Holdings Ltd has been awarded three contracts worth a combined $24.5 million on Rio Tinto projects in Western Australia, the company has announced.
A new high-capacity iron ore shiploader was due to arrive at the Geraldton Port today, in what Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said was the centrepiece of the multi-million dollar Berth 5 Iron Ore Expansion Project.
