New car sales in Western Australia have had a poor start to the year, with the passenger and heavy commercial markets contracting sharply and indicating that consumers and local businesses alike are tightening their belts.
Listed development company Finbar Group has sold Monadelphous Group's headquarters, the Gateway Building in Victoria Park, for $72.8 million, the latest in a growing string of assets bought by Sing
Rail freight business Pacific National has awarded engineering firm Downer a $1 billion contract to provide maintenance services to 300 of the Asciano subsidiary’s train fleet.
The Australian dollar has recovered much of its losses suffered after plunging to near six-year lows following the Reserve Bank's decision to cut rates.
Oil prices have surged higher for a third straight day, hitting late-2014 peaks on hopes of rebounding global energy demand and production cuts that could curb the supply glut.
Western Australia has posted a slight increase in merchandise exports in 2014, with a dip in sales to China offset by growth in exports to other Asian trading partners.
West Perth-based Regal Resources has entered into a $6.3 million share placement agreement with a UK-based investor to fund a bankable feasibility study for its 30 per cent owned Kalongwe copper project in Africa.
Shares in Perth-based global education provider Navitas closed almost 10 per cent lower today, following news of a 13.2 per cent fall in half-year profits to $31.3 million, despite a gain in revenue.
Plans for a $15 million renewable power station originally slated for a council in the state’s Mid West have been redeveloped for use at a Western Australian mine.
Mutual health funds including Western Australia’s market leader, HBF, have launched their combined push to take on the private players, which now dominate the sector following the listing of Medibank Private, as well as the growing threat from online aggregators.
Social media company migme has cancelled plans to undertake a share placement, after being battered by volatile markets and selling by long-term shareholders who had acquired the stock when it was a mining business.
Law firm Ashurst will vacate its Exchange Plaza home once Brookfield Place Tower 2 is completed, signing 12-year deal to take up floors 11 and 12 of the new 16-storey office tower.
Construction contractor Georgiou, along with two Perth architecture firms, have been selected to work on the $57 million Aubin Grove train station ahead of a final construction tender later this year.
Two of Australia's largest property groups, Novion and Federation Centres, which together own 16 shopping centres in WA, say they will merge to create an $11 billion company.
Big business is likely to still be charged a levy from July 1 even though the Abbott government's more generous paid parental leave scheme has been shelved.
Hospitality operators are cashing in on Perth’s love affair with the coast, with seven new beachside venues opening in the past two years and more on the way – from Trigg Beach to Port Coogee.
Gold futures have closed slightly lower after a volatile session that saw investors weigh higher oil prices against signs of weakness in the US economic recovery.
