Fraser Beattie

Online screening and verification company CVCheck has announced plans to raise up to $7.6 million from investors as it wraps up its acquisition of New Zealand-based company Resume Check.

Seven West Media has this morning confirmed plans to buy Perth’s The Sunday Times newspaper and the Perth Now website from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Mining group South32 has made about 270 roles redundant across its Australian and South African offices, on top of more than 1,000 job cuts earlier this year.

Two Perth-based resources companies are planning to switch sectors with the acquisition of cancer-based biotechnology firms, with one planning a backdoor listing and the other seeking support for an IPO.

The state government has released details of its new digital innovation framework on the same day the auditor general slammed the state for letting its ICT strategy fall behind the rest of the country.

The state government has cast a wide net in its bid to boost defence-related work in Western Australia, with 16 small businesses – ranging from a landscape gardener in Port Hedland to a signage contractor in Bellevue – sharing in the latest round of defence-specific grants.

Tap Oil says it expects to resolve outstanding disputes with a dissident shareholder after announcing a major restructure that will see the current chairman retire and three new directors join the board.

Perth-based contractor Decmil Group has entered into an agreement with BG Group for the provision of its services in the Surat Basin.

Israel-based materials company Dotz Nano has joined the wave of tech firms from that country seeking to raise capital in Australia via a listing on the ASX.