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Metallurgical testing company Ammtec has revised down its full year profit guidance from $8.7 million to $7 million due to declining demand for its engineering services.

West Perth-based ThinkSmart has expanded its reach in Spain with the execution of a new three-year deal with Phone House.

Business satisfaction with banks has fallen to a new low with the latest customer survey showing the big four suffering drops in their overall rating.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has thrown its support behind Treasurer Troy Buswell's wariness over plans to align occupational health and safety rules across all states.

The state government has recommended that Western Australia's minimum wage be increased by $19.50 a week to better reflect the increased cost of living.

Federal corporate watchdog the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it has permanently banned Mark Travis Goldenberg of Cottesloe from providing financial services.

Woodside Petroleum has executed a $US1.1 billion ($A1.4 billion) syndicated loan facility with 26 domestic and international banks.

GRD Minproc has been awarded a contract by Brisbane-based PanAust to carry out the definitive feasibility study for the Ban Houayxai gold-silver deposit in Laos.

The state government has reiterated its concerns about elements of the proposed national Occupational Health and Safety Regime, saying it will be inferior to Western Australia's existing regime.

Perth-based design director for Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland, Steve Woodland, has today been appointed as the state's new government architect.

Perth-based forestry investment manager Great Southern has called in administrators after failing to secure a new loan from its bankers, with the cash-strapped company owing more than 40,000 investors up to $4 billion.

Employees with Harvey Beef have today voted to accept a new collective agreement, some two months after breakdowns between workers and the company started.

WA's peak energy user group, DomGas Alliance, says the federal government's white paper into energy security is "flawed" as it focuses on maximising exports rather than domestic energy use.

Finnish global consulting and engineering group Pöyry Energy has acquired local oil and gas engineering services company Aquarius International Consultants.

Western Australia has retained its AAA credit rating after Standard and Poor's confirmed yesterday that the Barnett government's move to reprioritise some of its capital projects and revise its operating expenditure, meant that the state's financial posit

Another prominent resource sector executive has joined the Black Swan Theatre Company board with Alcoa Australia managing director Alan Cransberg joining chairman Sam Walsh.

West Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas has raised more than $10 million which will be used in the ongoing development of its Fisherman's Landing gas project in Queensland.

Perth-based Strike Oil has been granted a new exploration licence to explore for coal seam gas in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.

West Perth-based Galaxy Resources has selected a site in China for its proposed lithium carbonate plant that will process ore from its $68 million Mt Cattlin project near Ravensthorpe.

Macmahon Holdings has secured contracts for three major government water infrastructure projects on the east coast valued at $120 million.

Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust says it has received strong institutional backing for its capital raising, which will now raise a total of $150 million.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has acquired Mainsheet Corporate, its second acquisition in the corporate consulting sector in less than two years.

The Tony Sage-chaired Cape Lambert Iron Ore will acquire the assets of collapsed company CopperCo for an additional $27 million.

VDM Group, through its Queensland subsidiary Bellero Construction, has secured a $15.3 million construction contract for stage nine of the Torbay Retirement Villages project.

Current economic conditions have not dampened employees' expectations of a higher income, with 78 per cent anticipating a pay rise and 39 per cent budgeting for a bonus in the coming year, a survey has found.

The state's racing industry authority has asked the government for support for its $56 million wagering tax bill as funds allocated to the industry fall by over $4 million for the 2010 financial year.

Perseus Mining has confirmed plans it will raise up to $75 million in new capital with nearly half to be placed with institutions in North America and Britain.

Former Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA chief executive Tim Shanahan has been appointed as the new chairman of the Pilbara Development Commission with Port Hedland Port Authority chief executive Andre Bush to be his deputy.

Redcliffe-based Coventry Group says it expects its net profit for fiscal 2009 to be "significantly below" the previous year as the global financial crisis takes its toll on its industrial products business unit.

The Takeovers Panel has reappointed five Perth-based members and introduced five new members to its panel.

Engine technology group Orbital Corporation has entered a $2.4 million deal with a Chinese business to jointly develop a concept engine that will improve fuel economy.

Energy Minister Peter Collier has today officially opened the newly-commissioned Wesfarmers Energy liquid natural gas (LNG) plant in Kwinana.