Investors have welcomed news that former Doric and John Holland manager Adam Harry has been named Diploma Group’s new chief operating officer and head of construction.
SPECIAL REPORT: The financial pressures facing many Western Australian businesses are being compounded by significant levels of worker stress, sick leave and absenteeism, a local consultancy has found.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s construction sector has developed a unique initiative aimed at minimising the prevalence and effects of depression and substance abuse.
ASX-listed building company Simonds Group is set to pay $6 million to acquire Western Australia's eighth-biggest homebuilder Gemmill Homes, in a deal foreshadowed in September by Business News.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA businesses can point to a range of wellness initiatives, but tough economic times and an emphasis on safety over health has put some employers behind the eight ball.
The state government says the shipping capacity of Port Hedland could increase by 16 per cent to 577 million tonnes, opening up the possibility of further growth in iron ore exports through the existing harbour.
The upcoming float of livestock exporter Wellard is set to be the fifth biggest in Western Australia’s history, and will also stretch the market lead of investment bank UBS, according to research by Business News.
Western Australian builder Ray Kershaw has been named ‘young builder of the year’ by the Master Builders Association, marking the fourth consecutive year the national prize has been won from this state.
Oil dived to two-month lows after the International Energy Agency said commercial crude stockpiles in developed nations had risen to a record high three billion barrels.
Gold has fallen back towards near six-year lows, on expectations the Federal Reserve is set to raise US interest rates in December for the first time in nearly a decade.
Personal bankruptcies in Western Australia were almost 23 per cent higher in the September quarter than in the same period last year, while business related personal bankruptcies were up 54.3 per cent.
Virgin Australia’s new domestic terminal at Perth Airport will become a model for future check-in facilities, with the airline planning to roll out its world-leading technology in place in Perth ac
New home buyers are set to wear the costs stemming from the collapse of three Perth-based builders, including Gage Roads Construction and Capital Works Constructions.
Regional Express (Rex) will start flying from Perth to Albany and from Perth to Esperance in February next year, but the state government is yet to reveal an airline to fly a number of other key re
Commercial developer Sirona Capital says the latest addition to its Adelaide Street shopping centre in Fremantle is a taste of what’s to come at its redevelopment of the port city’s Kings Square.
Aboriginal artists are producing more art than the market is demanding, leading to 40 per cent falls in average incomes between 2007-08 and 2012-13, according to a recent government report.
Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has flagged a $28 million impairment in its first-half result, on the back of a depressed marine services market.
BHP Billiton shares have fallen to a 10-year low as a perfect storm hits the market heavyweight in the wake of the Brazilian mine disaster, which the company said today had claimed the lives of nine people so far.
