Mark Pownall

Mark Pownall has more than three decades of media experience, predominantly in business media in Perth, with a foray to the financial centre of London in the mid 1990s.

Mr Pownall has a vast body of work available through the archives of Business News, including news articles and features on many subjects. He has written a regular column for Business News since he joined as Editor in 2000 and has also been a key part of the Mark My Words podcast duo with Mark Beyer since 2014. On stage, Mr Pownall has interviewed many of the state's business leaders.

For most of his time at Business News, Mr Pownall ran the content operations of the business and was integral to the implementation of all the company’s digital products – the twice daily email newsletters, weekly podcasts, deals database and the Data & Insights subscriber database and search engine.

In early 2017 he became CEO of Business News, a role he had for three years before transitioning to his last executive position as Director of Strategy & Innovation, where he was responsible for digital transformation and new product development, including the rollout of a new subscriber-only remuneration platform. He is now back on the tools as a working journalist.

Mr Pownall's media career started with sports reporting while he studied for a Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia. He followed that with a post-graduate qualification in English at Curtin University.

Wine deal leaves hangover

Wine deal leaves hangover

By Mark Pownall

MINING group turned wine investor Tuart Resources is dealing with a $200,000 hangover from its February purchase of Nelson Ridge, the company behind WA’s biggest vineyard development.

15 May 2001
Moves afoot at Amberley Estate

Moves afoot at Amberley Estate

By Mark Pownall

AMBERLEY Estate’s managing director and chief winemaker Eddie Price expects to quit the Margaret River operation at the end of the month when a deal to sell to Palandri is hoped to be completed.

15 May 2001
Boom to come

Boom to come

By Mark Pownall

ASK any stockbroker about the current market and you are unlikely to get much enthusiasm.

15 May 2001
Nation’s economic health a sticky call

Nation’s economic health a sticky call

By Mark Pownall

THE state of Australia’s economy remained a sticky call this week with the release of a flood of variant data from ANZ, Reserve Bank, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry reports.

08 May 2001
Cash flow crisis

Cash flow crisis

By Mark Pownall

SHOULD anyone be surprised that business is delaying paying bills, extending the time it has taken to meet creditors’ demands by 10 per cent in two years?

08 May 2001
Winemaker drops tax scheme

Winemaker drops tax scheme

By Mark Pownall

TURMOIL in the tax-effective market has prompted WA wine company Evans & Tate to drop plans to use a Managed Invest-ment Scheme structure to fund its Australasian Vineyard Trust.

01 May 2001
Bid leaves liquor stores in limbo

Bid leaves liquor stores in limbo

By Mark Pownall

TWENTY WA liquor stores trading under the Porters banner will have to wait at least two weeks before the future of their brand is known following Coles-Myer’s bid for its owner.

01 May 2001
Concept creates mixed feelings

Concept creates mixed feelings

By Mark Pownall

FRANCHISING is one of those odd concepts in business which create mixed feelings for market watchers.The franchise, by its very nature, limits creativity yet it still provides the flexibility to all grow faster than almost any business.

01 May 2001
Tax break multiplies division

Tax break multiplies division

By Mark Pownall

TAX scheme investors have won a reprieve in their long-running battle against the Australian Taxation Office but underneath the seemingly united front there are big differences on just how the matter should be resolved.

24 Apr 2001
Costello decides and Gallop is happy

Costello decides and Gallop is happy

By Mark Pownall

PETER Costello’s long awaited announcement on the future on Royal Dutch Shell’s bid on Woodside Petroleum has ended months of speculation on whether the takeover bid could proceed under Australia’s foreign investment guidelines.

24 Apr 2001
Protest confusion

Protest confusion

By Mark Pownall

I WAS amused to read the rantings of the latest protest movement in a bright green flyer that was being handed at the bus drivers strike meetings by people holding copies of Socialist Worker.

24 Apr 2001
Decision welcomed

Decision welcomed

By Mark Pownall

THERE are a lot of relieved people in WA following the Federal Government’s decision to block Shell’s bid.

24 Apr 2001
Bid to diffuse tax scheme row

Bid to diffuse tax scheme row

By Mark Pownall

THE furore in WA over the heavily marketed tax schemes appears to be gaining an increasing profile in Canberra, with the matter being given a big airing at Federal Cabinet this week.

17 Apr 2001
Natural progression for restaurateur

Natural progression for restaurateur

By Mark Pownall

WHO says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? One of Perth’s best known faces, Robert Ruse claims to have put his past behind him and is ready for another crack at business with a new venture.

17 Apr 2001
Legs walk over sign opposition

Legs walk over sign opposition

By Mark Pownall

A SHAPELY set of legs featured in a new city apartment advertising campaign caused a stir at last week’s City of Perth council meeting as councillors debated whether it was simply stylish or just plain sexist.

17 Apr 2001

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