Wasteless Pantry is proving that a sustainable living focus can be commercially viable for a business, as the Mundaring retailer's founders seek to branch out into franchises in other suburbs across Perth.
Sodexo’s acquisition of Morris Corporation has pushed it up the ranking of big facilities management companies in Western Australia at a time when its competitors have been battling with the slowdown in large projects in the Pilbara.
A new capital markets platform that has backers from accounting firm BDO, law firm Steinepreis Paganin, and property group CrowdfundUP plans to target both traditional capital raising deals and the new field of equity crowdfunding.
Perth-founded building systems manufacturer Pro9 Global is planning to shake-up the construction industry, with a new energy-efficient and fire-resistant wall and façade structure.
The Australian share market has come under pressure in early trade as investors take cues from a weak close on Wall Street on Friday and a lack of local drivers.
Curtin University, Murdoch University, Power Ledger and LandCorp are behind an $8 million project that will use blockchain technology to manage water and energy systems in the City of Fremantle.
The average size of Australian homes, inclusive of both houses and apartments, has hit a 20-year low, a new report has found; however, Western Australia is building the largest homes in the country.
Oil has rebounded more than two per cent after falling for five straight session as a major US crude pipeline was shut and traders anticipated an OPEC deal to extend curbs on production.
A new feature on the Business News web site that tracks the changing wealth of Western Australia’s company directors shows Tony Lennon and Peter Cook are among the winners over the past month while Kerry Stokes and Andrew Forrest have gone down.
Gold has jumped to a one-month high as the dollar softened on uncertainty about the progress of a proposed overhaul of the US tax code that would be the biggest since the 1980s.
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Halom Investments has asked the Takeovers Panel to revise MMA Offshore’s planned $97 million capital raising, claiming the deal is designed to entrench the control held by the incumbent board.
The $11 billion merger of gaming giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group is back on track for now, after the Australian Competition Tribunal gave the deal a green light for a second time.
Men are earning $26,000 more per year than their female counterparts despite increased efforts from employers to address pay gaps and gender imbalances, according to the latest report by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has appointed Rebecca Tomkinson as chief executive, succeeding Grahame Marshall who resigned in September after six years in the role.
In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Brownes acquisition and Chinese investment, Richard Goyder, Shell exits Woodside, Stockland’s land purchase spree, domgas deal, waste to energy, and CEO remuneration.
A local power generator majority owned by Rod Jones’s Hoperidge Capital has refinanced its bank debt through a $44 million bond issue which the company believes will give it more flexibility, including the potential to pursue a 100-megawatt solar farm.
Venturex Resources will raise $4 million through a share placement with funds to be used to advance the company’s Sulphur Springs copper-zinc project, 150km south east of Port Hedland.
Anglicare WA has received confirmation that shipbuilder Austal will commit $300,000 to the not for profit’s family and domestic violence support service, Young Hearts, over three years.
Perth company Bombora Wave Power will proceed with construction of its first commercial sized mWave device after securing multi-million dollar backing from international renewable energy consultancy Enzen.
Private sector sponsorship of public infrastructure has frequently caused controversy, and the sale of naming rights to Perth’s new stadium is no exception.
Rugby WA has entered into voluntary administration as Rugby Australia pursues the state’s rugby body for legal costs relating to the removal of the Western Force from the Super Rugby competition earlier this year.
The Australian dollar is a little lower against its US counterpart as risk appetite turns a little more positive thanks to solid earnings and revived optimism over US President Donald Trump's promised tax cuts.
Oil prices have again ended lower on increased concerns about growth in US production and inventories, despite expectations that major world producers will extend a supply-cut deal later in November.
Gold prices are slightly lower, trading in a tight range as the US House of Representatives pass its version of sweeping tax cuts and investors weighed possible changes in fiscal policy against the impact of an expected rise in US interest rates.
