Hospitality entrepreneur has high hopes for the industry in Perth, after receiving 70 per cent of its new restaurant crowdfunding target in the first month.
Two Perth event planners have taken rejection in their stride, launching one and planning another urban recreation event to enliven the city at their own expense.
Fremantle-based Mermaid Marine Australia will seek to change its name at the company’s AGM next month, following acquisition of all Singaporean listed Jaya Holdings’ subsidiaries in June.
Woodside Petroleum has donated $1 million to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, while 100 Woodside employees have raised almost $280,000 more through the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Former copper and gold explorer Quintessential Resources has moved another step towards its scrip takeover of technology incubation company Yonder and Beyond with the appointment of Y&B chief executive Shashi Fernando as a non-executive director.
Nickel miner Western Areas has had a slight share price uplift on the release of its September quarter results and annual report.Its shares closed today at $4.34, up 2.8 per cent.
Western Australia’s game developers have been given a helping hand following a public acknowledgement that the barriers to their success are significant.
PYBAR Mining Services is positioning itself to take on the two dominant contractors in underground mining, after making two acquisitions in Western Australia and being named as preferred contractor for a new mine.
The number of backdoor listings or reverse takeovers in Western Australia is likely to rise after a change in ASX policy has simplified the process for emerging companies to access capital via existing entities.
Oil and gas producer Santos has lifted production nine per cent to its highest level in seven years, thanks to the ramp-up of the massive PNG LNG project.
Automotive Holdings Group has walked away from a potential sale of its Covs Parts business to Burson Group, which hoped to use the 25 stores as an entry into the WA market.
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Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power has criticised what he calls "last man standing" expansion strategies by the major iron ore producers in the Pilbara while defending FMG's own expansion strategy.
Santos has called on the state government to provide more certainty on its domestic gas reservation and offsets policies, to encourage new investment in ‘domgas’ supplies.
Biotech firm Virax Holdings' shares have jumped 40 per cent after announcing it's set to take over US government funded clinical trials of a drug to treat terminal cancers.
The state government must take action to amend its freight network lease, and should take action to recommission rail lines that have been put into care and maintenance, according to a report by the state parliament’s Economic and Industry Standing Committee.
Wall Street has finished little changed after another rocky trading session, as the market weighed better US economic data against its fears over sluggish global growth.
