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Developers Satterley Property Group and Lester Group are introducing fresh initiatives to help end the reliance on mains water in their residential estates.

The RAC has emerged as one of the big movers in this year’s WA Business News battle of the brands.

Rick Allert and Dick Carter ought to swap notes, because if they did, Mr Allert might learn something about organising a competitive takeover bid, and Mr Carter might learn someth

A recent recruitment ad by Iluka Resources Ltd promised the company and “you” were “making a difference every day.

Volunteers may be the backbone of many Western Australian not-for-profit groups, but according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the state has the lowest volunteering participation rate in the nation.

Two of the world’s biggest resources giants, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, have spent a lot of time researching what employees want.

Virginia Willcock’s new job got a little more difficult midway through last year’s vintage. Just five months into her role as Vasse Felix group winemaker, she lost the services of one of the winery’s most experienced operators – David Dowden.

There’s a woman standing at the edge of a beach looking over the ocean with her arms outstretched towards the sky.

Burswood’s Atrium Restaurant has decided to embrace France’s Bastille Day celebrations by transforming its buffet into a French banquet.

As Western Australia enjoys one of the most prosperous economic periods in its history, some in the advertising industry are paying close attention to the perceptions being created by the boom.

A long weekend on New Zealand’s beautiful south island is something I’d always recommend.

Gresham Advisory Partners and Azure Capital have emerged as Perth’s top corporate advisers, in WA Business News’ inaugural M&A survey.

Blake Dawson Waldron, Freehills, and Cochrane Lishman are firmly entrenched as the dominant law firms in Western Australia’s M&A market, having advised on the vast majority of big takeovers in the past financial year.

Private equity investors have played a major role in some of Western Australia’s biggest takeovers of the past year, although contrary to popular commentary, private equity is not new to the WA market.

Housing developers have taken a new approach in their efforts to compete with the established-home market, offering a range of inducements and incentives to prospective clients.

Residential developers in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River may have to provide lots for sale to first-home buyers under new planning guidelines being considered by the state government.

Spin just ain’t what it used to be. Perhaps it’s the boom. Perhaps it’s incompetence. Perhaps it’s the internet.

Twelve months after the consolidation of its various agencies, community services provider UnitingCare West is entering a new phase of development, with the release last week of its strategic business plan.

Murray Kimber, who owns several Indian restaurants across Perth, reckons an Indian dining at his latest establishment would think they were eating Australian food, while an Australian would think they were eating Indian cuisine.

Chris Taylor has postponed the redevelopment of Cottesloe’s Indiana Tea House until next year.

The latest issue of the Sydney right-of-centre journal, Quadrant, which Prime Minister John Howard regards highly, carries an editorial that considers various aspects of the ongoing debate surrounding the climate change puzzle.

The low-profile founders of Welshpool manufacturing company, Kingston Bridge Engineering Pty Ltd, have cashed in on the surging economy by selling their business for $100 million.

The state’s peak film industry body, ScreenWest, has made a number of recent management changes on the back of a string of successes in the local film industry.

If it all goes ahead, Wesfarmers’ $22 billion takeover of Coles will make a fundamental difference to Western Australian business.

With the new financial year commencing this week, a number of Western Australia’s lawyers and accountants will be celebrating the fact as new partners of their respective firms.

The Corruption and Crime Commission will conduct an investigation into whether there has been misconduct in the relationship between the Director-General of the Department of Health, Dr Neale Fong, and former premier Brian Burke, after a referral from the

After six years at the helm of Perth architectural studio of Woods Bagot, Ross Donaldson has taken on the role as the group’s global managing director.

Melbourne-based developer John Crane and venture capitalist Daniel Besen are on the lookout for new acquisitions in Western Australia, following their successful entry to the market last year.

The state government is considering developing a technology park at Mandurah if results from a business survey of the region justify one.

The state government has not ruled out taking office space in the historic Old Treasury Building, which is up for grabs following its decision last week to seek expressi

Software is the stuff that makes computers run smoothly. How ironic, then, that ‘soft options’ cause business, and wider society, to run roughly.

Several not-for-profit organisations in Western Australia are undertaking major construction projects to expand their operations and improve service delivery.