Mark Beyer

UNITED Farmers Co-operative has foreshadowed more intense competition in Western Australia’s fertiliser market following the opening last week of its new bulk handling facility at Kwinana.

This week Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the tighter insurance market.

VENTURE capital group VentureAxess has outlined ambitious growth plans, including $40 million of capital raisings, following its merger with Perth’s TechStart Fund Managers.

A US investment fund plans to start actively marketing a new type of capital raising in the local market after completing its first deal with an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company.

In this week’s article on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at business risks that may not be properly managed.

AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

ROBERT Homes a Court and Alan Bond have both owned it in the past. Now a third West Australian entrepreneur, Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes, is poised to own the NSW dealership for Caterpillar.

IT’S a long way from negotiating corporate finance deals on St Georges Terrace to repairing broken sewer pipes in the back blocks of Jandakot, but John Hassen is revelling in the change.