Mark Beyer

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. Mark 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. 

James Point rejects state port plan

James Point rejects state port plan

By Mark Beyer

The long-running battle to develop a new port at Kwinana has taken a new twist, with private developer James Point Pty Ltd rejecting a compromise proposal put forward by the state government and calling on the Fremantle Port Authority to rethink its plans

18 Jul 2006
Maynard recruited by PKF

Maynard recruited by PKF

By Mark Beyer

Mid-tier accounting firm PKF has snared its second prominent recruit this year with the appointment of Russell Maynard as indirect tax executive.

18 Jul 2006
ASC moves at Henderson

ASC moves at Henderson

By Mark Beyer

National defence contractor ASC Pty Ltd has confirmed that it will proceed with a $23 million maintenance facility at the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson to support its work on the Navy’s Collins Class submarines.

18 Jul 2006
Early investors win with Gt Southern

Early investors win with Gt Southern

By Mark Beyer

Great Southern Plantations has firmly established itself as the top player in the managed investment schemes sector in Australia, with the most fortunate beneficiaries being those investors who put money into the company’s poorly performing early projects

11 Jul 2006
Coretrack drills for more support

Coretrack drills for more support

By Mark Beyer

Perth company Coretrack Ltd has launched a public share offer to raise just more than $2.2 million to support the development of a new technology designed to improve the efficiency of oil and gas exploration.

11 Jul 2006
Newmont plans the big move west

Newmont plans the big move west

By Mark Beyer

Global mining giant Newmont Mining Corporation is planning to shift its Australian headquarters to Western Australia, adding to Perth’s prominence as a regional resources sector hub.

11 Jul 2006
New Rio book a groundbreaker

New Rio book a groundbreaker

By Mark Beyer

Mining giant Rio Tinto has published a book that provides an unusually frank insight into the impact of the mining industry on the people of the Pilbara region.

11 Jul 2006
Worldwide primed to resume growth

Worldwide primed to resume growth

By Mark Beyer

Printing franchise Worldwide Online Printing is aiming to double the size of the business over the next five years after a period of consolidation and a change of ownership.

11 Jul 2006
Oswal to PNG ahead of Burrup

Oswal to PNG ahead of Burrup

By Mark Beyer

India's Oswal Group Ltd, which developed the $630 million Burrup Fertilisers project, in the Pilbara's Burrup Peninsula has selcted Papua New Guinea as the site for its next ammonia/urea plant.

07 Jul 2006
Mundo plans $20m float

Mundo plans $20m float

By Mark Beyer

Perth company Mundo Minerals has announced plans for a $20 million initial public offering and in the process may have set a new benchmark for gold exploration floats.

04 Jul 2006
Business sales top $100m

Business sales top $100m

By Mark Beyer

The positive state of the Western Australian economy has been highlighted by a flurry of private business sales in the past month valued at more than $100 million.

04 Jul 2006
Advance plans new board, name

Advance plans new board, name

By Mark Beyer

Advance Healthcare Group is planning a clean sweep of its board of directors and a change of name to that of its major subsidiary, pharmaceutical wholesaler Cottman Medical Products Group.

04 Jul 2006
Atwill narrows focus at C3

Atwill narrows focus at C3

By Mark Beyer

Newly-appointed Clinical Cell Culture chief executive Bob Atwill believes the company’s more focused sales and marketing approach will ultimately reap benefits for long-suffering shareholders.

04 Jul 2006
Mundo Minerals plans $20m float

Mundo Minerals plans $20m float

By Mark Beyer

Newly established gold exploration company Mundo Minerals Ltd is planning one of the biggest gold floats seen recently on the Australian Stock Exchange.

04 Jul 2006
Advanced Ocular closes US HQ

Advanced Ocular closes US HQ

By Mark Beyer

Listed technology company Advanced Ocular Systems Ltd (formerly Regenera Ltd) will close its Boston headquarters and has announced the resignation of its US based chief executive Kenneth Taylor following a review of costs.

30 Jun 2006
Imdex makes third acquisition

Imdex makes third acquisition

By Mark Beyer

West Perth-based company Imdex Ltd has taken another major step in its strategy to become a major global player in the drilling products and services market by entering into a $17 million agreement to acquire UK-based Chardec Consultants Ltd.

29 Jun 2006
State considers Mid-West infrastructure tender

State considers Mid-West infrastructure tender

By Mark Beyer

The state government is likely to throw open the development of new port and rail infrastructure in the Mid-West region to a public tender in response to apparent divisions between members of the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance.

28 Jun 2006

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