Shares in Vocus Communications fell almost 30 per cent following the telecom operator's second profit warning in six months, as management grapple with a raft of problems following its rapid expansion.
Perth entrepreneur Steve Tobin is gearing up for an expansion of oil and gas and minerals exploration in Australia, after selling a majority stake in Terrex Seismic to a private equity group to fund the acquisition of what he believes is a breakthrough technology.
Four Western Australian medical research organisations are aiming to boost collaboration after moving into the Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute in Nedlands, which was officially opened this week.
While innovation is a necessity in every business founder's toolkit, it seems cutting-edge technology is not always something that plays a critical role in their success.
Perth-based software companies DigitalX and Lateral have teamed up to leverage each other's strengths in the creation of blockchain and ledger-based products.
The recently recruited global sales manager of Perth engineering company VEEM has been forced to resign after his former employer took Supreme Court action, claiming he breached terms of his employment agreement.
Students and hospitality workers are the key cohorts first targeted by new mobile apps GoCasual and Squaddle, both of which have been developed by Perth startups.
Fieldmagic is a job management, maintenance, quoting and CRM platform designed from the ground up with field services in mind. Built on a leading CRM platform, it comes with an ecosystem of add-ons and integrations.
Troubled tech company 1-Page has announced its recently appointed chief executive, Peter Kent, has left the company along with co-founder Patrick Riley, ahead of a shareholder meeting in three weeks.
Local tech startup Zora Tech has soft-launched its first product to market, an online advertising platform that aims to better connect content creators, retailers and customers to what they want to see online.
The University of Western Australia could be forced to pay nearly $5 million to Bibra Lake business TSW Analytical after the Court of Appeal found its relationship with the spin-out company was largely undocumented and opaque.
TPG Telecom shares have slumped in their first trading session since the internet provider launched a capital raising to help fund its plan for its own mobile network.
Company director John Poynton has moved into the gas sector as the new chairman of Cooper Basin-focused Strike Energy, which has also recruited a new managing director from Shell.
Telstra shares fell today after internet provider TPG Telecom said it would build Australia's fourth mobile network for about $1.9 billion, after securing much-needed mobile spectrum in a government auction.
Steven Goh is looking at selling his digital media business migme and/or migrating it to a foreign stock exchange as part of an ongoing struggle to pay its creditors.
Health could be the next sector to be disrupted by technology, according to a panel of employees from four globally significant companies in that sector at Business News' Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.
Two competing subsea cables are set to be built between Perth and Singapore after Vocus Communications finalised construction contracts this week, coinciding with a Telstra-led consortium striking an agreement with the same builder.
The top Western Australian company in this year's Energise accelerator program is developing an ambitious plan for robotic on-site manufacturing of equipment it believes will boost safety and dramatically cut costs at open pit mines.
Biotech Botanix Pharmaceuticals has raised $7.4 million in a placement of new shares to help it fund the further development of its dermatology products that contain a synthetic form of the cannabis compound, cannabidiol.
Perth-based HealthEngine has shown that investors still have an appetite for quality tech companies, announcing today it has raised $26.7 million from venture capital and private equity investors in a deal led by major global player Sequoia India.
Startup accelerator Plus Eight has revealed the six finalist companies that are participating in its inaugural program, with four of them originating from Perth.
Surgeons will now be able to see into disease areas contained deep inside the body, such as brain tumours and breast cancers, thanks to technology developed at UWA.
