Special Reports

IT consultant Velrada has built its business on providing niche software solutions.

The Rising Stars People’s Choice winner has found success by doing things differently.

FEATURE: Emergency management and response firm Executive Risk Solutions has been named the Business News Rising Stars top award winner for 2014.

FEATURE: A WA company has proved its detractors among the local manufacturing sector wrong with its calculated growth plans.

FEATURE: A Subiaco based-company is using marine drones and its global remote monitoring system to deliver benefits for the offshore oil and gas industry.

Western Australia’s aged care sector is preparing for major upheaval, including the entrance of investment-hungry private equity firms, as the most significant reforms in a generation take effect.

FEATURE: The state’s premier oil and gas training institute has joined forces with Northern Territory-based Charles Darwin University in the search for a training provider to tackle a looming oil and gas skills shortage.

FEATURE: The writing was on the wall, and has been for more than a decade. Royal Dutch Shell’s divestment of most of its 23 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum last week surprised few in the business community.

FEATURE: Floating LNG will provide limited local construction, manufacturing and engineering opportunities, but could propel WA to the world stage.

How do you teach people to drive a driverless truck?

FEATURE: Mineral Resources has shown the lengths to which mining services companies are willing to go to secure new work in the current flat market.

FEATURE: Partnerships with indigenous groups have helped mining and civil contractor Brierty achieve some big wins.

India presents an array of opportunities for WA businesses, however achieving success in the country can be harder than first thought.

Vikas Rambal is pushing ahead with his multi-billion dollar fertiliser plant and pursuing a newfound appetite for property investment.

SPECIAL REPORT: Politicians with the ability to cut through on-message are a valuable commodity, and WA has one of the best.

SPECIAL REPORT: Power and influence in WA is adjusting to a new order after the boom.

SPECIAL REPORT: Global economic forces, a national election and state political exits have shaped the 2014 Most Influential list.

SPECIAL REPORT: Investors and NFPs are increasingly turning to social enterprises, or impact investing, as it is called.

SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate donors say giving well means taking a targeted and strategic approach.

SPECIAL REPORT: The disability sector may have no choice but to heed calls for mergers if the National Disability Insurance Scheme comes to WA.

SPECIAL REPORT: The growth of private philanthropy holds promise for the not-for-profit sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Business wants more than just good stories from the NFP sector if it is to justify its funding – it wants hard data.

SPECIAL REPORT: Law firms are having to adapt as more businesses build in-house legal teams and squeeze billing rates.

SPECIAL REPORT: Concerns have been raised over the sustainability of Perth’s apartment construction boom, with prominent industry players suggesting Rivervale in particular is in danger of oversupply.

SPECIAL REPORT: Reform of the approvals process is cited as the biggest challenge for Perth’s residential development sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Proposed reforms represent new opportunities for a range of players within the tertiary education sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA’s higher education sector is gearing up for change as the federal government considers major reforms.

SPECIAL REPORT: The changing profile of the Water Corporation’s $1 billion works program will present more direct opportunities for smaller contractors.

SPECIAL REPORT: International contractor Kentz and local companies Monadelphous and NRW Holdings were the big winners among civil and engineering construction contractors over the past 12 months, research by Business News has found.

SPECIAL REPORT: With new project work from the resources and government sectors slowing down, contractors will need to look harder for work opportunities.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth Airport is upgrading its facilities to give passengers an enhanced travelling experience.

SPECIAL REPORT: The $10.6 billion Royalties for Region scheme has come under attack from the ERA, but Paul Rosair says the program is worth more than its cost and expenditure.