Staff Reporters

THE state government plans to turn Bentley’s Technology Park into a specialist information and communications technology hub, as part of a wider development of the area.

Polaris Metals NL has appointed Jonathan Lea as chief operating officer. Mr Lea was previously principal adviser mine geology for Rio Tinto.

PREVIOUSLY with Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Clive Luck has joined Minter Ellison’s construction, engineering and infrastructure team.

Minter Ellison has appointed three new partners to its Perth office. Clive Luck, previously with Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has joined the construction, engineering and infrastructure team.

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STRUGGLING Perth-based software developer HarvestRoad Ltd is considering a possible merger or sale of its educational software technology as it seeks to raise $1.1 million to pursue a new strategic di

Mark Morton-Smith and Kevin Broughton have been appointed as development managers for Rapley Wilkinson.

NATURAL Fuel Ltd managing director Richard Selwood has resigned from his position and as a director of all Natural Fuel group companies.

City of Melville chief executive officer Eric Lumsden has been appointed as the new director general of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

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SYDNEY-BASED recruitment company, Rubicor Group Ltd, has agreed to acquire Belmont-based Steelweld Personnel for $3.4 million.

Stephen Brown has returned to his finance roots, as a business development manager for BankWest Rural and Regional.

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A JOINT venture involving construction giant Multiplex has secured one of the last remaining beachfront lots at Leighton, with plans for a $100 million project comprising 50 apartments.

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GENERATION Y’s rapid thumb fire, aka text messaging, is something restaurateur Kate Lamont is using in her favour.

Downings Legal has appointed Czarek Czajka as an associate in the firm’s commercial litigation and professional indemnity division.

The Australian British Chamber of Commerce is hosting a breakfast briefing with British High Commissioner Helen Liddell and burns specialist Fiona Wood, September 11 at the Parmelia Hilton.

THE Wheat Export Marketing Alliance has established a new entity to oversee single desk wheat marketing and next year’s National Wheat Pool, in July.

Verve Energy managing director Shirley In’t Veld has joined the WA chapter of the Australian Business Arts Foundation.

Midwest Corporation Ltd non-executive director David Law Tien Seng has increased his direct and indirect interest in the company by 3.7 million shares at $5.3 million through a participation in right

Stephen Denn has been appointed manager geology nickel for Focus Minerals Ltd, focusing particularly on development of the company’s Nepean Nickel Project south of Coolgardie.

Professor Robert Mair, professor of geotechnical engineering at Cambridge University in the UK, to speak an Engineers Australia’s seminar on tunnelling and underground structures, September 12 at the

I REFER to the article entitled “Tax changes target land sales” in the August 16 edition of WA Business News.

Dr Denis Yan has been appointed senior metallurgist of Mineral Engineering Technical Services.

INTELLECT Holdings Ltd has appointed Dr Allan Sullivan as non-executive director. Dr Sullivan has over 30 years’ experience through his involvement in engineering and technology companies.

THE lack of succession planning by many Western Australian small business operators could pose significant problems in the near future, as a growing number of baby boomers look to exit their businesse

WELSHPOOL-BASED pharmaceutical manufacturer PharmAust Ltd is seeking to finalise an urgent refinancing after shareholders rejected an $825,000 capital raising and moved to dump the company’s current d

OIL and gas explorer Amadeus Energy Ltd has been caught out by the loss made by associate company, Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd, and was forced to re-issue its full-year results to the market this w

Kelly Seal has been promoted to associate at M. Rothstein & Co, Lawyers and Migration Agents. Mr Seal has been with the firm for three years and has completed his articles of clerkship at the firm.

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Business news)Packer grabs loan brokers

The board of Consolidated Minerals Ltd has recommended Palmary Enterprises Ltd's $902 million all-cash takeover bid for the company, withdrawing its favourable recommendation for the Pallinghurst bid.