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Gold and nickel miner Independence Group’s managing director Chris Bonwick has taken a second stint of special leave this year.

Perth based stockbroking firm Patersons Securities is punting on investors’ emerging appetite for biotech stocks, agreeing to underwrite New Zealand biopharmaceutical company Innate Immunotherapeutics’s $16.5 million initial public offering.

In the space of a year, Nicolle Jenkins has grown her agency, The Hub Marketing Communications, from seven staff to 10, written a book about mothers and daughters, joined two boards and lobbied for small business at the recent state and federal elections.

Live jazz, soul and blues complement the food and drinks at a new city venue.

A director of corrective services who helped implement a GPS tracking system for sex offenders has been named the Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year.

Pilbara-based AshOil and catering group ESS Support Services Worldwide have won a major state environmental award.

Managing risk and implementing methodical strategies have helped three local companies hit their targets, guests at a recent Business News Success & Leadership breakfast heard.

The Liberal-led Western Australian government has contradicted itself, revealing it doesn't have a clear policy for state-owned energy assets, the opposition says.

Mining transport company AL Logistics has gone into voluntary administration as it seeks to secure a $2 million investment to pay its creditors and continue operating.

Blackburne Property Group has awarded $40 million in construction contracts for two apartment buildings in Subiaco and Rivervale.

Health insurer HBF is on track to grow its newly acquired Friendlies Pharmacies network to 60 stores, after becoming the parent company to the pharmacy franchise in April.

Leaders of three top performing businesses in vastly different sectors say growing organically has been key to successfully expanding their businesses, rather than mergers and acquisitions, which come at a higher cost and with more risk.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s promise to shut down the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has cast doubt on $400 million worth of loans to businesses in Western Australia.

The mining industry has welcomed the state government's change to its programme of work approvals systems, which will give more time to companies to complete exploration works on approved projects.

The Australian dollar is lower after the central bank said it hasn't ruled out more interest rate cuts.

Energy Minister Mike Nahan has announced the state government will complete its refurbishment of the Muja power station, at which point it will seek to sell at least half of it.

Westfield Group looks set to offload its stake in two major shopping centres in suburban Perth just days after it was given the green light to increase ownership of the Karrinyup centre.

Iron ore exploration company Centaurus Metals says its priority is on developing its flagship Jambreiro iron ore project in Brazil after writing down the value of its non-core Brazilian assets by m

Western Australian broadacre farmers only averaged a “fairly miserly” 1.07 per cent return on capital for their 2012 harvests due to variability in grain prices, low rainfall, higher costs and

Law firm Slater & Gordon has acquired Perth-based law firm Gibson & Gibson, growing the national firm's Western Australian operations by a third.

Oil and gas producer Strike Energy has raised $9.2 million through the sale of new shares to fund the next phase of drilling at its gas project in the Cooper Basin and received its first pre-paymen

Bus and coach business ADAMS Group was named the Telstra Western Australian business of the year at an awards ceremony held last night.

A Perth supplier of industrial water systems backed by local executives Peter Hood, Andy Byk, Gary Steinepreis and Tom Henderson, has continued its rapid growth with an acquisition in Queensland.

Apartment developer Finbar Group is reassessing plans for a $175 million, 31-storey residential tower on Adelaide Terrace after being told it could not demolish a heritage-listed former ABC buildin

Funding issues may jeopardise a renewable power station proposed for the Mid West town of Morawa, which continues to suffer from an unreliable power supply.

Perth mid-tier accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron has increased its focus on the Queensland market by merging with MHM Accountants in Brisbane. The deal which will see 30 staff from MHM join RSM Bird Cameron is the most recent of several acquisitions after RSM acquired businesses in Port Lincoln, South Australia and Ballarat, Victoria.

Doug Rose has been appointed managing director of Ezeatm, which distributes ATMs nationally.

Peter Blackburn had to dig deep to turn his 'great idea' into a successful business.

Difficult to define but becoming impossible to ignore, the Australian METS sector – made up of mining equipment, technology and services companies – has emerged from the mining boom as a leader in

Major investments in Latin America by some of the world's biggest miners have provided a number of mining services companies with the opportunity to get a toehold in the region.

West African gold developer Papillon Resources has announced positive news regarding its flagship Fekola gold project in Mali.

A Mandurah retirement village operator has become the third organisation in Western Australia in the past year to be deemed a charity by the State Administrative Tribunal, effectively opening the d