As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia.
Mr Beyer has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.
Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.
In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Scyne Advisory, Aravina Estate, Primero and Wood wins, Centurion expands, house prices, interest rates, Hancock, Arbor Centre, architects and corporate finance.
The Perth office of global engineering firm Wood will lead work on a giant $1.1 billion manganese project in central Europe after winning a four-year contract.
South Perth accounting firm William Buck has announced its first leadership change in 37 years, with co-founder Mark Collins stepping down as managing director.
A company owned by the Indonesian government is evaluating a $100 million equity investment in BCI Minerals after signing a non-binding offtake agreement.
Allegro Funds has committed to invest $100 million in Scyne Advisory, the new public sector firm with about 130 former PwC partners, including at least six in WA.
Most of Australia’s universities have moved substantially higher on a major global ranking, with three into the top 20 but one dropping down the list after a change in criteria.
Ten successful Aboriginal business owners, including five from WA, have come together to form an angel investing network with backing from the US government and Minderoo Foundation.
CITIC Pacific Mining has challenged conventional wisdom around magnetite production, citing a study that shows lower lifecycle emissions compared to traditional iron ore.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Super Pit expansion, Aboriginal heritage laws, Forrests donate $5 billion, big property deals, Vikas Rambal, David Flanagan, law and construction reviews.
Perth-based Electro Ventures has become the major shareholder in e-bike startup Tiller Rides, adding to its portfolio of 12 businesses in the renewable energy and clean transport sectors.
Collie is set to have two large-scale battery energy storage systems, with French renewable energy company Neoen proceeding with construction of a 219 megawatt unit.
Alumina producer Alcoa has won effusive backing from the WA government after agreeing to a second change to its mining plans in the jarrah forests south of Perth.
The company behind Dome cafes is planning to redevelop one of Perth’s oldest wineries in tandem with a state government upgrade of the surrounding parkland.
WA has some very prominent philanthropists, detailed in our updated list of foundations, and there is a push to expand giving across the wider community.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss workplace deaths, labour force data, population growth, lithium deals, cultural heritage drama, John Van Der Wielen, Marcus Tan and Ivan Vella.
Australia’s population has recorded its fastest growth in 15 years as overseas immigration surged with WA achieving the most rapid growth of any state.
A high-profile workplace fatality that spurred the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws in Western Australia has reached its conclusion in the Magistrates Court six years after the tragic event.
Efforts to revive manufacturing in WA have been boosted by a $150 million deal between Gemco Rail and Rio Tinto to build 100 iron ore wagons and certain components locally.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss interest rates, FMG, new cabinet, uni mergers, Aerison failure, consulting firms, Asian engagement, charities and philanthropy.
Elizabeth Gaines will be paid a $1.2 million salary after taking up a part-time executive director role at Fortescue Metals Group, while Jenn Morris has resigned from the company's board.
Perth company Pilbara Minerals disclosed today it has already taken corrective action after discovering about 250 current and former staff were underpaid by up to $345,000.
The medtech company jointly established by Perth burns surgeon Fiona Wood has achieved a landmark regulatory approval in the US for its spray-on skin technology.