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The executive team at Quality Printers & Cartridges has a simple strategy to become the dominant player in their industry – if you can’t beat them, buy them.

Passing Paws Pet Cremations has tapped into a niche (but growing) market for personalised pet bereavement services, as part of the move towards greater humanisation of domestic animals.

Fifty years after Ronald and Valerie Frank started a camera repair business from their home, their two sons oversee a fast-growing business that combines a new bricks-and-mortar store with an expanding online presence.

As the only Australian-owned manufacturer of pipeline spacers, and with just four full-time employees, Bunbury-based kwik-ZIP is the embodiment of a small business punching above its weight.

James Bagshaw wants his business, Abco Products, to be Australia’s top cleaning company by 2025.

Diggers & Dealers chairman Nick Giorgetta says the forum has been assured by the state government that its August event in Kalgoorlie will go ahead, despite the venue’s sudden closure by the state.

The auditor general has reiterated his disappointment with state government agencies consistently not taking appropriate steps to protect and manage their IT systems despite the recent global malware attacks.

The boss of beleaguered law firm Slater & Gordon has quit and the board will be cleaned out under a shake-up that passes almost full ownership of the company to its lenders.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has rejected warnings the Liberals would face an electoral wipeout in Western Australia if the federal government doesn’t give the state more GST money.

The Australian share market has opened sharply higher, mimicking an overnight climb on Wall Street where the S&P 500 had its best one-day percentage gain in about two months.

Wearable technologies company Nuheara has topped an impressive year of growth, being named the Business News Rising Stars overall winner for 2017.

GST proposals for $10b gainThe WA Budget would be up to $10 billion better off under a series of audacious proposals from the McGowan Government to overhaul the entire

The Australian dollar is up almost half a cent against its weakening US counterpart amid a surge in the prices of iron ore and oil.

Oil futures have climbed more than 1 per cent to their highest in more than a week as buyers were encouraged by a small weekly decrease in US production and shrugged off a surprise build in crude inventories in the world's top oil consumer.

Gold prices have risen as the US dollar has weakened for a second straight day following a global cyber attack and a delay to US healthcare legislation that fuelled doubts about President Donald Trump's ability to pass measures expected to boost the economy.

The Australian share market has overcome a sluggish start to close higher, as a rally in iron ore and oil prices boosted mining and energy stocks.

Barry Felstead has set his sights on raising $1 million for the Vinnies CEO Sleepout. 

Fujitsu has committed to spend up to $17 million upgrading its Malaga data centre, where it is aiming to gain a competitive edge by securing the highest level of industry certification.

Aquacuture firm Atlas Pearls and Perfumes has locked in two debt facility agreements for a total of $3 million, one of which is with its director, Tim Martin.

Diversified company Veris has further expanded its national surveying division through the acquisition of Canberra-based LANDdata Surveys for up to $4.8 million in cash.

A manager at a roofing company has been fined $7,500 plus costs of $517 after a labourer suffered multiple fractures in a five-metre fall through a skylight in Perth.

Perth's historic Piccadilly Theatre will be left untouched while the arcade in which it is located undergoes redevelopment, with the mall’s owners putting a proposal to revive the theatre on hold after the City of Perth refused to financially back the plan.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA chief executive Deidre Willmott has been chosen to join the board of Australia Post, following the recruitment of Blackmores boss Christine Holgate as CEO yesterday.

Local universities risk losing much of the income derived from international students if they don’t rethink their curriculums and entry requirements, according to the chief of a prominent Asia-Australia business advocacy group.

Alison Kitchen will become the first woman in Australia to chair a big four professional services firm when she takes on the role at KPMG Australia later this year.

Newcrest Mining has partially restarted operations at its Cadia East mine in NSW, which had been shut after an earthquake in April.

The environmental watchdog has recommended rejection of two proposals to mine iron ore in Western Australia because they would cause irreversible damage to the land.

The Australian share market is flat in early trade as investor sentiment remains cautious following an overnight decline on Wall Street.

Demand for PM to purge frontbenchMalcolm Turnbull must put more conservatives in the cabinet and demote Christopher Pyne if he wants to hang on to his leadership and pr

The Australian dollar is lower against its US counterpart, dropping back below 76 US cents.

Oil prices have risen nearly 2 per cent and hit a one-week high, boosted by a weaker dollar, short covering and expectations that crude inventories in the United States may decline for a third consecutive week.

Gold has risen after hitting a six-week low in the previous session as bargain hunting set in and the US dollar slid sharply after the US Senate postponed a planned healthcare vote.