Mark Beyer

Shares in Woodside Petroleum have hit an 18-month high as the group delivered higher esarnings from its Australian oil and gas assets and outlined plans to invest in two overseas projects.

As the state election campaign heats up, the focus is on fiscal responsibility more than ever.

CONSTRUCTION companies are eyeing the state government’s record capital works budget as they seek future business opportunities.

ST John of God Health Care chief executive Michael Stanford has no hesitation in naming the single most important factor in his ability to achieve successful outcomes on the group’s construction pr

PERTH builder Gerry Hanssen is a great example of the value of aligning your business with good partners.

The construction sector is meant to be in a protracted slump, but that’s not the message coming from contractors in WA.

Macmahon Holdings has rejected the latest takeover offer from Indian-owned firm Sembawang Australia, saying it was incapable of being practically implemented.

The mining tax and public transport planning in Perth have one thing in common; they both show the danger of making policy on the run.

THE lively start to the year for Perth’s property market has continued, with four substantial retail and industrial properties changing hands in the past week in deals worth an estimated $275 milli

MORE than four years after the onset of the GFC, it seems property investors in Perth are still adjusting to the persistently weaker conditions in the Western Australian market.

THE Motor Industry Training Association has become the second industry group in Western Australia to gain a tax break after arguing successfully that it was a charitable organisation.

PERTH company Plan B Financial Services has had four ownership models over the past 20 years, but new boss Terry Dillon argues the latest is the best yet.

The long-running takeover of iron ore stock Sundance Resources faces more delays and uncertainty after Chinese suitor Hanlong Mining was told by regulators and bankers in China to find a large and

Mirvac has reported large writedowns in the value of its Leighton Beach and Burswood developments, contributing to a total of $273 million of losses for the property giant.

The slowdown in mining project development last year has impacted the Perth office market, with the vacancy rate for CBD offices recording a ‘modest’ increase to 5.7 per cent in January.

Developments in Canberra and in the west highlight the need for reform of electoral terms and electioneering while in government.

THE slowdown in mining project development last year has affected the Perth office market, with the vacancy rate for CBD offices recording a modest increase to 5.7 per cent in January.

PERTH’S property market has had a busy start to the year, with offshore investors and local syndicators negotiating five purchases worth about $230 million.

A SPECIALIST fabrication workshop at Henderson has secured a unique contract to manufacture a deep-sea diving system for the Russian Navy.

Former car parts supplier Coventry Group is looking to expand its fledgling IT operation by purchasing Perth-based company Multiprogramming Pty Ltd, which trades as Multipro IT.

Global Energy Group has made its third acquisition in Western Australia in the space of 18 months, buying fabrication business Oil & Gas Engineering for an undisclosed sum.

Four Perth property sales worth $210 million have been announced in the past fortnight, including Herdsman’s largest office building, an iconic city shopping arcade and two industrial properties.

The administrators of Griffin Energy Group have welcomed key state government regulatory moves designed to clear the way for the sale of Bluewaters power station to Japanese companies Sumitomo Corp

It’s a perennial debate, but the latest indicators for the state and national economies show the glass really is half full.

Ausdrill’s new assay lab business is taking on the large international companies that now dominate the sector.

The establishment of Ron Sayers’ newest business shows the Ausdrill founder has lost none of his entrepreneurial flair but he also accepts the need for change at the large and diversified company.

FIVE public relations firms dominated the Western Australian corporate finance market last year, with FTI Consulting ranked a narrow winner based on the value of transactions it worked on.

The state government has committed to spend $70 million upgrading the beachfront at Scarborough and realigning the coastal road near Leighton and Port beaches.

McConnell Dowell Group’s construction arm Built Environs has won the main construction contract for a $330 million expansion project at Perth Airport.

International design and engineering firm Hyder Consulting has acquired Perth business BCH Engineering Consultants, which has built a sizeable niche in the Pilbara since being established six years

Property developer Adrian Fini is among a group of investors who have acquired the Sebel Hotel in Mandurah , five months after his old company Mirvac Group sold the property.

Nedlands-based Forge Group has won a $125 million contract to deliver a new peak-load power station in South Hedland for government utility Horizon Power.