Mark Beyer

As the female chairman of a major WA company, Kathleen Conlon has joined a very select group.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s charitable foundation increased its total spending by 65 per cent last financial year, while also making its largest ever financial commitment to a global gender fund.

North American catering and facilities management company Civeo has expanded its WA operations after winning work off French rival Sodexo.

A marine base set up to dismantle oil and gas platforms decommissioned by Chevron faces a legal threat from the Shire of Ashburton despite having state government approval.

The Kwinana industrial strip is going through major change as foundation businesses shut down and new, largely unproven, operations move in.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the top corporate finance moves made in the past year.

The annual Business News corporate finance survey has highlighted the top advisers in the WA market and the emergence of a new style of strategic investor.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the battery metals shake out; Santos legal delay impacts; high energy prices; HBF cost cut; McCusker charity news, and a magazine preview.

Wholesale electricity prices in WA were double the national average in recent months, driven higher by the November heatwave and the increased cost of managing a restructured market.