BankWest Kewdale Business Centre has appointed Eddie Bencic as regional manager. Mr Bencic has worked for BankWest for the past two years and was previously with Commonwealth Bank for 26 years.
It is fitting that the life and legacy of Sir Charles Court, the trade unionist's son who became Western Australian Liberal premier, be celebrated when the state is in the midst of an unprecedented time of economic prosperity.
With only 7,000 square metres of office space remaining in the CBD and West Perth, and rents already passing $800 per square metre this year, property analysts expect developers will head for Perth's fringe suburbs to boost office stock
Atomic Resources Ltd - Thomas Neff and Patrick Michaels have been appointed as directors. Azumah Resources Ltd - - Non-executive chairman Stephen Stone has been appointed as executive chairman.
Wine pioneer Dr John Lagan was a hard-working wine enthusiast rather than a businessman, according to his son, Conor, who joined members of the wine industry, former patients and friends at a memorial service for his father last week.
As popular commercial suburbs put up the ‘no vacancy' signs, many businesses have been forced to look to neighbouring areas to find space to accommodate their growing enterprises.
The Australian Property Institute, in conjunction with Finsia, is holding its fifth annual residential property outlook breakfast, January 31 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
An up-market wine bar planned for Leederville's Oxford Street has been stopped in its tracks after the Town of Vincent rejected planning approval, leaving its developer nursing $30,000 in costs and considering taking the business to Melbourne or overseas.
Western Australia's robust non-residential property market has delivered a tax windfall to the state government, although rising costs have partially offset the gains, according to the government's mid-year budget review.
Montagu Stockbrokers has jumped ahead of rival stockbroking firm DJ Carmichael & Co in terms of number of advisers it employs, according to the latest survey of the industry by WA Business News.
Five new councillors have been appointed to the Heritage Council of Western Australia, with long-standing councillor Gerry Gauntlett continuing in his position as chairperson.
Property group Stockland has sold its 25 per cent stake in the Karrinyup shopping centre for $152.5 million, more than doubling the value of its original investment.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has again called on the state government to reign in the state's runaway stamp duty, after new estimates reveal stamp duty on residential homes has blown out by 31 per cent this financial year.
The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies included in the Deloitte WA Index ended 2007 at a record $179.3 billion, gaining 7.9 per cent in the month of December.
Banks give Swan an interest rate slap; Bad year tipped for super; Race is on to power desalination plant; Alinta shareholders are better off: Indermauer; Investors wary after second stockmarket correction
The Subiaco Redevelopment Authority has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as the new sales agent for the Subi Centro urban renewal project, after a competitive public tender process.
Victoria Park-based property group Tasica Developments Ltd has launched a prospectus to raise up to $5.5 million to help fund the development of a 75-lot residential subdivision in Baldivis.
Subiaco-based mineral explorer Gondwana Resources Ltd has successfully placed a shortfall of shares and options to raise a total of $1.9 million from its December entitlement offer.
Perth-based gold miner View Resources Ltd has announced it will sell its 30 per cent stake in the Carnilya Hill Nickel Project to joint venture partner Mincor Resources NL in a package totalling $25 million.
US fears hit global shares; Banks lift deposit rates to combat credit crunch; $35bn lost as shares tumble; Peet pays $300m for Alkimos land; Rio Tinto to start its own iron ore fleet.
Western Australian nickel hopeful Nickelore Ltd has revised the terms of its rights issue, offering shareholders one new share for every existing share held at an issue price of 25 cents, down from its previous offer in December of 30 cents per share.
Two new community radio stations are set to hit Perth airwaves in the next 12 months, following an Australian Communications and Media Authority decision to allocate two new licences to serve the city's Indigenous and seniors communities.
Perth-based gold miner View Resources Ltd and Queensland's Norton Gold Fields Ltd have posted strong production increases from their Western Australian operations.
Property group Peet Ltd has announced the successful launch of its wholesale funds management business with the completion of a $300 million wholesale land syndicate for Alkimos, 40 kilometres north of Perth.
Perth-based engineering services company, Neptune Marine Services Ltd, has secured its largest integrated subsea services project with global exploration and production company, Apache Energy.
Perth-based Allied Gold Ltd has appointed mining engineer Richard Johnson as its new chief executive, while announcing the resignation of Grant Brock as company director and chief operating officer.
Perth-based Mission Biofuels Ltd has signed another exclusive feedstock deal with a government controlled entity in India, through its Indian subsidiary, Mission Biofuels (India) Pvt Ltd.
Small brewers toast bumper Christmas; Woodside faces compo claims over gas debacle; Market faces $30bn sell-off on US falls; Rudd to axe Lib pledges; Car trouble: auto makers says it's all uphill.
