Mortgage broking businesses LJ Hooker Financial Services and Southern Cross Broker Network have teamed up to maximise the potential of their broking capacities through WA and Victoria.
Base metals miner Kagara has returned to profitability with a $100,000 net profit for the first half of the 2010 financial year, compared to a loss of $34.4 million in the previous corresponding period.
Reduced business activity, increased costs on contracts and one-off restructuring costs have weighed on RCR Tomlinson's first half profit which has fallen 14 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
West Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group has swung to a record net profit after tax of $33.6 million for the six months to December 31 2009, after improved market conditions with an increase in demand in the new and used vehicle markets.
Recently listed Matrix Composites and Engineering says its on track to exceed its prospectus full-year forecasts, today booking an interim profit turnaround to $7.4 million.
Office equipment financing company ThinkSmart says a new product has the potential to increase its UK footprint four-fold as it today posted a record cash net profit of $7.5 million for calendar 2009.
Civil contractor Brierty says it has secured new contracts worth more than $20 million, including the rehabilition of a Kimberley mine for a company jointly owned by Xstrata and Teck Resources.
The state government has allocated a further $31 million towards the new Albany Health Campus after savings were identified on other health capital works projects.
The globally-respected Western Australian School of Mines campus in Kalgoorlie will inevitably be closed unless far reaching changes are made, some of the school's most prominent graduates have warned.
Private construction company Ertech has been awarded a contract by the state government for accommodation village site works as part of the $220 million Ord-East Kimberley expansion project.
Diversified industrial group Schaffer Corporation says a combination of factors inculding the ongoing volatility of the Australian dollar has made forecasting difficult as it today booked a 7 per cent increase in first-half net profit to $3.6 million.
The market value of listed Western Australian stocks fell in January by 7.6 per cent, its first fall in 12 months, new figures from the Deloitte WA Index show.
Gindalbie Metals has today awarded two, key project management and construction services contracts, valued at a combined $140 million, for its Karara iron ore project to WorleyParsons and AMEC Minproc.
The building watchdog has filed new court action against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and its assistant chief, Joe McDonald, for allegedly inciting strike action at Woodside Petroleum's Pluto project.
The opposition is calling on Premier Colin Barnett to explain why the state government is closing down Western Australia's trade office in the US, months before he is due to go on an official visit to the country.
Electrical engineering company LogiCamms has booked a 55 per cent increase in its interim net profit after tax to $2.5 million and declared a higher dividend.
More than $19 million in government funds will be invested to create 96 new homes for the aged in Mandurah in a joint project between the Department of Housing and The Bethanie Group.
West Perth-based IronClad Mining has signed an agreement to sell half of the iron ore produced at the Wilcherry Hill project in South Australia to China's Linzhou Iron and Steel Co.
The state government will inject $25 million into its low-cost home loans operated by Keystart as part of a major overhaul of the system under the Housing 2020 reform agenda.
Gold outfit Troy Resources says it has signed a mandate iwth Investec Bank (Australia), which will provide a $25 million revolving corporate debt facility for the development of the Casposo gold project in Argentina.
Aspen Group managing director Angelo Del Borrello says the latest review of its property values is evidence the developer its emerging from the bottom of the valuation cycle, as it today shaved $900,000 off its investment portfolio.
Local businesses, universities and government and non-government organisations have today been urged to apply for monies under the state government's $10 million low emmissions energy development fund.
The Western Australian Planning Commission has culled 13 of its committees as part of the state government's plan to reduce and streamline public sector committees.
IT services provider ASG Group has today been awarded a $35 million contract to provide services to state utility Western Power Corporation, which will be one of the first customers of the company's new national data centre facility.
The state government has reaffirmed its committment to introduce local government reform in Western Australia suggesting the process of reform was on course and progressing well.
