Fraser Beattie

Chevron Australia has become the latest resources giant to put its name on a public attraction, with the state government announcing the company will fund a parkland within the new Perth Stadium precinct.

Perth-based education provider Navitas has renewed a program agreement with Edith Cowan University, while extending another for six months while it wraps up contract negotiations with the university.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has won four packages of work on littoral combat ships for the US Navy, worth a combined $US5 million ($A7 million).

Shares in Perth-based online advertising business Tech Mpire rallied today on news the company had hit a revenue milestone of $25 million, but it was a different story for former high-flyer 1-Page.

Mark Bennett has left the board of Independence Group to focus his attention on his gold exploration company S2 Resources.

Small and medium-sized businesses are settling their invoices about 12 faster than large corporations on average, a report by Dun & Bradstreet has found.

A Perth-based company that supplies building products and materials has grown its business with the acquisition of a local competitor in an all-scrip deal.

The state’s widespread wet autumn has helped lift rural confidence, with most farmers expecting this year to either be a better year for the agricultural economy or as just as good as last year.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has made a further 70 job cuts at its Savannah mine in the Kimberley, with the remaining workforce at the site to be made redundant in the coming months.