Mark Beyer

A new investment advisory firm with impeccable connections won’t even try to play the stock market. Mark Beyer reports.

North Perth accounting practice Kensington Partners has joined Avenir Group, a national affiliation of accounting firms servicing small to medium sized businesses.Avenir is a home-grown affiliation, i

United Credit Union last week completed the annual profit reports for Western Australia’s major non-bank financiers, posting a result that lagged its industry peers.

The State Government’s budget surplus in the current financial year could be as high as last year’s unexpectedly large $793 million surplus, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA.

The Federal Government’s controversial Financial Services Reform regime has created extra costs and extra paperwork for the industry. Mark Beyer reports.

HBH Consultants has been awarded its largest international contract in South Africa, adding to the amount of work Perth-based engineering consultants are winning in the African mining industry.

Small business will be exempt from unfair dismissal laws and redundancy payments and find it easier to use individual workplace agreements if the re-elected Howard Government proceeds with its industrial relations reforms.

Pharmaceutical company Chemeq has joined gold producer Siberia Mining and technology company ERG as prominent Western Australian companies to suffer a major shortfall on their capital raising plans.

Western Australia is expected to have at least three MPs in the ministry, whichever side of politics wins the Federal election.On the Coalition side, three Liberal Party MPs already hold ministerial p