As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia.
Mr Beyer has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.
Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.
An agreement between the state and federal governments will begin the process to develop a consolidated defence precinct at Henderson, with millions committed and billions of investment forecast.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Rio Tinto and Arcadium Lithium, Hancock Prospecting's proposal, Nicheliving's ban, plans for the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre and more.
Dale Alcock’s construction company has had a win in the Supreme Court as it pursues a subsidiary of Simon Trevisan’ Iris Residential over a $1 million claim.
Rio Tinto is boasting the world’s largest lithium resource base and major growth options after striking a counter-cyclical $US6.7 billion ($A9.9 billion) deal to buy Arcadium Lithium.
West Australian Ballet has postponed the search for a permanent artistic director while it completes a strategic review, with David McAllister to fill in for another year.
Annual production at Hancock Prospecting’s proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss house prices, the energy market, Kerry Stokes' private business, goldmining leader Simon Lee and the outlook for the sheep meat industry.
Kerry Stokes’ private company Australian Capital Equity has reported a big jump in annual profit while also disclosing the value of his expansive art collection and other assets.
Morocco is the best-ranked country while Zimbabwe is the worst in the latest Africa Risk Reward Index produced by consulting firm Control Risks and Oxford Economics.
Former Water Corporation executive Matthew Cronin will oversee an $8 million state government program designed to boost the local manufacture of wind farm components.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Viburnum, changes at Tattarang, WA's home builders, global stimulus' impact on miners, the superyacht industry, and a preview of the next magazine.
Western Australia is likely to lose one of two superyacht builders in the state, as the growing volume of defence work at Henderson squeezes existing industries.
South Korean company Hanwha Ocean has walked away from its $1 billion pursuit of shipbuilder Austal, accusing the target of not engaging constructively in a due diligence process.
The man who runs Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private business empire has exited the board of their peak company but the group insists it is business as usual.
PwC Australia has reported a sharp decline in annual revenue and staff numbers and a second big fall in partner income after a period of major restructuring.
Western Australia's population growth rate has dipped slightly but remains the fastest growing in the country, helped by solid gains from interstate migration.
APM Human Services International’s tumultuous three-year stint as a listed company is set to end this month after shareholders backed a $1.3 billion private equity takeover.
The number of women running ASX300 companies has stagnated in the past year with a survey also showing multiple WA companies have no women in their executive leadership group.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss commodity price wins; Greatland Gold's Telfer deal; Perth wave park; EY contract; Little Creatures; and a magazine preview.
When a UFC cage fighter posts on Instagram from a government-sponsored event in Perth, how much value does that deliver? Tourism WA has hired EY to answer that question.
The long-running process of winding-up companies associated with former mining high-flyer Michael Fotios has progressed after a debtors’ deed for Delta Resource Management was approved.