As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia.
Mr Beyer has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.
Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.
ANALYSIS: Premier Roger Cook may have released his 'Plan for the Collie Basin' today but the industry itself is moving at a much faster pace than the government.
Frontier Energy plans to commence site works for its $310 million Waroona solar farm this month while the state government has awarded grants to boost local supply of renewables equipment.
Malaga-based Arbortech is gearing up for rapid growth in North America after attracting an unprecedented response to the launch of a new range of power tools.
The planned $15 million sale of the SeaLink Rottnest ferry service to the owner of the competing Rottnest Express service has been cancelled after coming under ACCC scrutiny.
A major renovation of the National Gallery in Canberra has enabled Perth to become the temporary home for Blue poles, Australia's most expensive and arguably most controversial painting.
Scottish company Zenith Energy Group has been appointed lead contractor for phase 2 of the $1 billion-plus Northern Endeavour decommissioning program off WA's northern coast.
BCI Minerals has taken another step toward downstream processing at its Mardie salt project despite a spate of other companies failing in their attempts to produce sulphate of potash.
The founder of software firm Track'em has relocated to Dallas to ramp up growth after winning work with engineering, procurement and construction contractors in the US and Middle East.
Justin Fris and Mark Beyer discuss the fact only a handful of the 100 projects submitted through the state's market-led proposal pathway have succeeded.
Perth-based Vysarn is raising $65.3 million to help fund the acquisition of local firm Welltech, just weeks after completing another acquisition in the water services industry.
Alcoa and its Japanese industry partners have approved development of a gallium production facility in WA's South West, with the Australian government investing $69 million in the project.
Diversified contractor Tasmea has announced its second acquisition this month, paying up to $75 million for an oil and gas services business started from scratch six years ago.
Civil construction and mining services contractor RJV has become wholly-owned by chief executive Tim Ryan, severing the final ties with the founding Vincent family.
St John of God Health Care's new private hospital in Midland has reached practical completion, paving the way for the state government to take over St John's existing private hospital.