Shanna Crispin

Kingsgate Consolidated is to become the largest shareholder in gold and base metals explorer Caravel Minerals after agreeing to sell a package of exploration tenements for a loss of $15 million.

The Terrace Hotel Restaurant is steadily making a name for itself as a dining destination among Perth’s business community, despite a number of setbacks. Shanna Crispin reports.

THE state’s screen funding and development agency, ScreenWest, is considering changes to its funding guidelines to provide support for local game developers.

Perth water management company Welltech has had the biggest win of its 20-year history with a contract to work on Brisbane’s largest ever capital works project.

A SHIFT in business focus and the adoption of a new monetisation strategy appears to be paying off for Perth-founded company, nearmap.

THE debate around implementing legislative safeguards for franchisees has re-emerged with the federal government committing to a review of the Franchising Code of Conduct.

PLANS for the overhaul of Karratha’s central business district are progressing with development applications lodged and more state funds allocated to revitalisation projects.

THE election of the pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party in Japan has prompted forecasts of improved market conditions for uranium producers and a boost in stock prices.

THE first of four feasibility studies on the state government’s proposed fabrication and services common-use facility planned for Lumsden Point in Port Hedland has recommended it be constructed in thr