Mark Beyer

As editor, Mark oversees the day-to-day online news at Business News. His particular brief is following major deals, the professions and private/family businesses. Mark has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra. He has worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.

More board ructions at Perth Mod

Mark Beyer

14 Feb 2018

Former Western Australian governor Ken Michael has been elected chairman of the board at Perth Modern School, but only after two more board members resigned yesterday ahead of a crucial meeting last night.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Law partners make their moves

Mark Beyer

12 Feb 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: There has been a flurry of high-profile moves by senior lawyers in Perth as the sector readies for a pick-up from several quiet years.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

09 Feb 2018

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss market volatility, Cooper & Oxley, Bunnings, infrastructure WA, Ron Sayers, Kelvin Ryan, and musical chairs in Perth’s law firms.

Hall Chadwick WA

Cooper & Oxley into administration

Mark Beyer

08 Feb 2018

Cooper & Oxley Builders has today gone into voluntary administration, but only after taking legal action to try and retrieve a $5 million investment in the Kings Square project in Fremantle.

Developer says builder declined help

Mark Beyer

06 Feb 2018

Singapore-based developer Dradgin Pte disclosed today it had offered financial assistance to Cooper & Oxley Builders, which has suspended work on all its construction sites this week.

Cooper & Oxley on the brink

Mark Beyer

05 Feb 2018

Cooper & Oxley Builders, which is one of the 10 largest construction companies in Perth, has suspended work on its projects while it reviews its financial viability.

Mark my words

Mark Pownall

Mark Beyer

02 Feb 2018

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss house prices – up or down? CBD office vacancies, residential building volatility, AWE bidding war, Quintis update, mining robots, Adventure World and ports and transport.

Investec wins Landgate role

Mark Beyer

02 Feb 2018

The state government has selected investment bank Investec as its commercial adviser on land registry agency Landgate, adding to speculation it is a likely privatisation target.

MGC Building & Maintenance

Three builders on NW panel

Mark Beyer

01 Feb 2018

Three building companies with strong indigenous links have been appointed to a panel that will handle at least $25 million of state government housing work in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions.

Robots to replace 50% of miners

Mark Beyer

31 Jan 2018

Robotic technology and the internet of things will dramatically change employment patterns, accident rates and digging costs in the mining industry over the next three years, business advisory firm BDO has boldly predicted.

Hall Chadwick WA

Builder collapse hits 55 homes

Mark Beyer

30 Jan 2018

Western Australian builder Choiceliving (WA), which trades as Choice Living Homes, has been placed into administration less than one week after its building contractor registration was suspended.

Quintis investors defer vote

Mark Beyer

30 Jan 2018

A critical ruling by the corporate regulator has forced Quintis investors to adjourn a meeting that was called to appoint a new responsible entity for their 2002 sandalwood project.

Asic blocks Quintis growers’ plan

Mark Beyer

30 Jan 2018

Quintis investors hoping to appoint a new ‘responsible entity’ to have oversight of their sandalwood project will need to change plans after the corporate regulator said their two preferred entities were not eligible to take the role.

AWE soars on Mitsui offer

Mark Beyer

29 Jan 2018

Shares in AWE jumped 16.5 per cent today after Japanese group Mitsui & Co became the third bidder for the oil and gas producer, which is the operator and half owner of the Waitsia gas field north of Perth.

Mitsui trumps rival AWE bidders

Mark Beyer

29 Jan 2018

Japanese group Mitsui & Co. has announced a surprise $600 million takeover bid for AWE, trumping two existing bids for the oil and gas producer, with the main attraction being AWE’s Waitsia gas project north of Perth.

Investors focus on Quintis projects

Mark Beyer

25 Jan 2018

The Quintis insolvency could play out very differently from other failed agribusiness investment schemes.

Cash Converters International

Cashies boss to rebuild cred

Mark Beyer

24 Jan 2018

One year into his new job, Cash Converters chief executive Mark Reid is on a culture change journey.

Receivers take charge at Quintis

Mark Beyer

23 Jan 2018

Three partners of McGrathNicol have formally taken control of sandalwood producer Quintis and its Australian subsidiaries after being appointed as receivers and managers today.

Primary, Huntley chase Quintis role

Mark Beyer

23 Jan 2018

Fremantle-based Primary Securities and Sydney-based Huntley Group are positioning themselves to take over as the responsible entity for Quintis forestry schemes, as investors continue to question the motives of the company’s board and its major noteholder.

Quintis placed into administration

Mark Beyer

21 Jan 2018

The directors of Quintis have shed light on two restructuring proposals they had been trying to finalise, after announcing on Sunday they had placed the sandalwood producer in administration because of its inability to make a $37 million payment due in two weeks.

Embattled Quintis facing $37m payment

Mark Beyer

19 Jan 2018

Quintis faces more financial pressure after an investor exercised a put option to sell $37 million of plantations to the troubled sandalwood producer.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

19 Jan 2018

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Australian dollar and commodities, blockchain technology, contract wins and deals, Imdex's expansion, and franchising.

Imdex plans $NZ40m acquisition

Mark Beyer

18 Jan 2018

Mining equipment supplier Imdex expects it will be able to deliver substantial productivity benefits to its clients after striking an option agreement over New Zealand company Flexidrill.

Business News marks 25 years delivering for its readership

Mark Beyer

15 Jan 2018

Business News has successfully negotiated the strategic shifts and technology revolutions that have reshaped the publishing industry over the past quarter of a century.

Blackham Resources

MACA support underpins Blackham deal

Mark Beyer

15 Jan 2018

Blackham Resources has signed up Hartleys as lead manager for a $36 million capital raising that will be priced at just 4 cents per share, while mining contractor MACA has agreed to lend $14 million a

Ashanti Capital

New players chasing finance deals as opportunities align

Mark Beyer

15 Jan 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: There have been some big moves among corporate finance dealmakers in Perth, who worked on more than 850 transactions worth nearly $25 billion in 2017.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

12 Jan 2018

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the funeral business, St John of God Healthcare, cultural developments, big moves in corporate finance sector and Business News celebrates 25 years.

BDO buys corporate advisory firm

Mark Beyer

12 Jan 2018

BDO has backed its confidence in WA’s commercial outlook by purchasing boutique mergers and acquisitions firm Tomkins Turner Corporate Advisory

St John of God Health Care

Stanford to join Healthscope board

Mark Beyer

08 Jan 2018

St John of God Health Care’s long-serving chief executive Michael Stanford has resigned to pursue a non-executive career, starting with the board of ASX-listed competitor Healthscope.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

05 Jan 2018

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss MRA and LandCorp merger, a local bitcoin venture, WA property values, cannabis, plus food trucks, fresh food boxes and fine dining.

Blackham Resources

Blackham secures two-week reprieve

Mark Beyer

02 Jan 2018

Mining veteran Milan Jerkovic is taking the reins at embattled gold producer Blackham Resources, which has negotiated a standstill agreement on a $14 million debt repayment due this week and plans to ask shareholders to contribute $36 million of new capital.

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