Isabel Vieira

Collapsed building company FTD Construction allegedly owes almost $9 million to creditors as its liquidator begins investigating the business.

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has quietly walked from its bid to secure a mass of exploration licences in the Gascoyne, in what is touted as prime renewables territory.

Bethesda Health Care's $60 million mental health clinic in Cockburn will suspend its services for the foreseeable future, less than twelve months after the private centre opened.

WA fintech WeMoney has been selected to join Mastercard's engagement program, an opportunity the startup hopes it can use to scale its operations.

Perth's Euroz Hartleys has partnered with wealth management platform provider Mason Stevens in a bid to bolster its wealth management and investment services.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the positive aspects of activism.

The Department of Education has awarded an almost $23 million contract to PS Structures to construct a new music building at John Curtin College of the Arts.

Noongar entrepreneur Gerry Matera says a misalignment of ethics and values is the reason he walked from Aboriginal-owned construction company Marawar WA, which is now under administration.

Nadia Budihardjo and Liv Declerck discuss the experimental board structure adopted by CircusWA.

Perth law firm Dwyer Durack has been put in the hands of an administrator, as the 109-year-old practice prepares to shut its doors on Friday.

OreCorp's board has backed Canadian miner Silvercorp Metals' takeover offer, sticking to its recommendation for approval over rival bidder Perseus Mining.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the career transition of Julie Bishop.

The state development panel has cleared the way for construction of a long-awaited hotel on Albany's Middleton Beach foreshore.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the top corporate finance moves made in the past year.

The annual Business News corporate finance survey has highlighted the top advisers in the WA market and the emergence of a new style of strategic investor.

Another two Bankwest Perth locations are set to close as the bank grapples with the decline in branch use due to surging digital transactions.

Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has once again assured its lithium asset is on budget and on track towards production mid-2024 amid volatile market conditions.

Fortescue's energy division chief financial officer Deborah Caudle is set to depart the empire, following a corporate restructure at the Andrew Forrest-led company.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss long-running plans to develop a port in Exmouth.

Plans to establish a children's mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.

Property developer Ricky Hirsch's building company FTD Construction has collapsed following a series of complaints and its registration being stripped last year.

WA beef wholesaler V&V Walsh has inked a $40 million memorandum of understanding with a Chinese trade group to boost its supply of cattle.

WA firm Euroz Hartleys has reported a modest profit off the back of two years of subdued markets but has capitalised on major block trade activity within the lithium sector.

Battery metals miner IGO is bracing for a 20 per cent cut in spodumene sales from its Greenbushes joint venture lithium operation, marking another hit in response to market weakness.

The Town of Port Hedland will defend legal action instigated by Decmil over an alleged contractual breach tied to a $19 million project that was backed by the state government.

Patriot Battery Metals chairman Ken Brinsden has been named chief executive and moved to Canada to develop the miner's lithium asset, drawing on his track record with Pilbara Minerals.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the rise of student accommodation in the Perth CBD.

Perth-based Province Resources has referred its ambitious plan to build a large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Gascoyne to the environmental watchdog.

Fortescue has officially farewelled former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a director, in a move first flagged in September.

Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals has pushed pause on its Kambalda nickel operation, a week after a major nickel mine in Ravensthorpe was suspended.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss early childhood education, and recommended measures to improve childhood safety.

The Western Australian tech firm behind the G2G Pass has won a $23 million contract to develop an app and communications module for the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.