One in six BankWest customers and over 7 per cent of St George customers plan to vote with their feet and leave the bank as a result of the recent corporate activity of their bank, a new poll by Retail Banking Review has revealed.
Tourism Western Australia will visit Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun and Bremer Bay this week to assess tourism opportunities in the area following the shutdown of BHP Billiton's nickel operation in the area.
West Perth-based ipernica says it has made a number of operational changes in order to focus its activities on the two main value drivers, intellectual property assertion and the newly acquired NearMap business.
Straits Resources will raise nearly $80 million through a convertible notes issue to the Standard Chartered Bank and has been granted an 18-month, $25 million senior debt facility by the bank.
The state government has announced a raft of measures to reduce the burden of excessive red tape on businesses and consumers and to bar the way to unnecessary government regulation in the future.
The expansion of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine has been approved after Acting Environment Minister John Day signed off on the expansion under a new set of stringent environmental conditions.
The federal government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws could cause long-term financial harm to the state's businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA explained to a Senate inquiry today.
West Perth-based Green Rock Energy, ARC Energy and Worsley Alumina are some of the preferred applicants chosen by the state government to harness geothermal energy in the Perth Basin.
Malaga-based Advanced Engine Components has received a $1.2 million order for its natural gas vehicle system kits from Chinese company Aussen Engine (Dalian) Co.
Premier Colin Barnett has appointed Justice Christopher Steytler to the role of Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission, taking over from Malcolm McCusker.
Malaga-based homewares supplier Kresta Holdings has announced that its interim profit will be about 50 per cent below its result in the previous corresponding period, as a result of the cost of new stores and the low Australian dollar.
The WA government has decided against referring its remaining industrial relations powers to the federal government, instead proceeding with a review of the state's workplace laws.
Cazaly Resources managing director Clive Jones has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Subiaco-based Graynic Metals, taking over from Ivan Hoffman who has resigned for personal reasons.
Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group has secured several new contracts valued at $30 million with both new and existing customers including the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Engineering services company Neptune Marine Services Limited has taken advantage of its position within the global oil and gas industry to deliver second quarter revenues of $52 million.
Gold miner Apex Minerals has raised a total of $24.6 million in new capital, via a $19.6 million share placement and a $5 million credit facility from major shareholder Mark Creasy.
Welshpool-based Mineral Commodities will pocket $2 million from a settlement reached with a group of engineering companies over its diamond project in Sierra Leone.
Waste recycling company AneaCo has started the wet commissioning phase at its DiCOM facility in Shenton Park following approval from the state government.
Aquila Resources and its joint venture partner AMCI have ended up in a legal dispute after failing to reach agreement on plans for a new port in the Pilbara for their proposed iron ore project.
Farmers could save up to $100 per tonne on fertiliser costs for the coming season following an agreement between the Western Australian Farmers Federation and Ravensdown United Farmers.
Cooper Energy says it is well placed to achieve record production for the 2009 financial year as it reports a 17 per cent lift in oil production for the December quarter.
The boost to the first home owners grant has driven weekly land sales in Western Australia up 55 per cent, providing a ray of light in the softer housing market.
