TWO Perth financial planning firms are part of a group of 12 adviser groups nationwide that are now trading under the banner Shadforth Financial Group, and will seek a unified listing when market conditions improve.
ADVANCED material and technology developer QuickStep Holdings plans to boost its presence in the global aerospace and defence markets with the commercialisation of its cutting-edge carbon fibre composite technologies.
PERTH accountancy firms are bulking up their businesses, in spite of the market woes, as a handful of new partners enjoy their first week sharing in the risks and rewards of their chosen company.
Perth-based Axiom Properties has agreed to sell the residential component of a Melbourne property site for $17 million, with funds to be used to reduce debt levels.
The corporate regulator has banned Nedlands man, Quentin Ward, from providing financial services for eight years following an investigation into his dealings with failed fuel technology company Firepower.
The Perth arm of accounting firm Deloitte has expanded with six employees promoted to partners as net revenue rises by 28 per cent for the 2009 financial year.
Lithium hopeful Galaxy Resources has signed a $1.1 million joint venture deal with General Mining Corporation over its Shoemaker hematite iron ore project just north of Wiluna.
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Perth Education City (PEC) has secured a $325,000 grant and "in principle" funding of a further $1 million from the state government to promote Western Australia's international education sector this financial year.
Listed companies in Western Australia have continued their strong share price rebound in June, driving the Deloitte WA Index up by nearly 6 per cent or $6.7 billion.
Another legal showdown is looming between Murchison Metals and Sydney-based Chameleon Mining, which is claiming it is entitled to half of the the iron ore miner's Jack Hills tenements, valued at $1.5 billion.
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The company born out of the collapse of one-time biotech high-flyer Chemeq Ltd has signed a manufacturing agreement with French chemical producer Arkema.
Wesfarmers' fertiliser subsidiary CSBP has entered into a new gas supply arrangement with Apache Corporation following a confidential settlement over a dispute relating to the Varanus Island gas explosion.
Wesfarmers has announced changes to its senior management team with Tom O'Leary appointed as managing director of the group's energy division and Tim Bult to look after the business development arm.
Iron ore hopeful Emergent Resources has entered a $205 million deal with a Chinese firm over the development of the Beyondie magnetite iron project in the Mid West.
Mining identity George Jones has announced he will step down from his chairman roles at Gindalbie Metals and Sundance Resources to focus on his health, with Geoff Wedlock to assume the responsibilities.
Territory Resources has extended its standstill agreement with its financiers until mid-August, prompted by the delay of a settlement in a benchmark iron ore price between China and the major miners.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its corporate credit ratings on electricity retailer Synergy following adoption of a new rating methodology.
LISTED Perth-based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings is finalising the purchase of Aspire Finance's $240 million mortgage book in its second transaction of the calendar year.
