UPDATED: France's Altrad Services has become one of the largest maintenance and construction contractors in WA after buying Perth-based AGC from its debt-laden parent AusGroup.
Woodside Petroleum has cut the number of people working at its Karratha gas plant, with the decision flowing through to hundreds of contractors at companies such as Monadelphous and UGL.
Altrad Services has become one of the largest contractors in Western Australia after the privately owned French group merged and rebranded its Cape Australia and Hertel businesses.
The state government has backed plans for a 700-bed workers camp at Karratha, despite opposition from the local community, after Woodside Petroleum launched a website that is meant to boost local employment on future gas projects.
A recent flurry of leasing deals by oil and gas-related firms has provided hope that Perth's CBD office market has hit the bottom, despite further downsizing expected in the energy sector throughout 2017.
Office landlord Hawaiian's refurbishment program at London House has paid dividends, with three new tenants taking space in the 18-level St Georges Terrace building in the past three weeks.
Global private equity group Denham Capital has teamed up with former Karara Mining chief executive Steve Murdoch to establish a venture that will invest in a handful of new and established mining projects.
UK-based industrial services group Cape plc is planning to offload some of its Australian assets, including two divisions in Western Australia, after it took a $250 million-plus hit to its profit a
IT'S almost five years to the day since Pilbara Access began as a five-man operation, providing specialist-scaffolding services to the mining industry based out of Newman.
BRITISH industrial services giant Cape has continued its expansion via acquisition in the Western Australian market with the purchase of Bibra Lake-based defence specialist Shoreguard Marine.
The Federal Court has dismissed another claim from Cape Australia Holdings, which, on this occasion, was seeking relief from nine former employees who left Cape's PCH Group to start rival scaffolding company, Modern Access Services.
The Federal Court has dismissed a claim by Cape Australia Holdings, which was seeking relief from former employee Darren Iannello after he started a rival business.
UK company Cape plc's acquisition spree in Australia in 2007 has continued to have extraordinary fallout, with three new competitors emerging in the scaffolding and formwork sector in Western Australia.
UK-based industrial services company Cape plc's local spending spree looks set to hit more than $430 million in the past few months after securing acceptance from the board of its latest target PCH Group Ltd.
UK-based industrial services company Cape plc looks set to complete its third WA-focused takeover in as many months after scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd accepted a sweetened $247 million offer.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd is awaiting legal advice after UK-based Cape plc announced its intention to launch a $233 million offer despite having a standstill agreement with PCH.
The battle for control of scaffolding supplier PCH Group Ltd has turned hostile, with UK company Cape plc announcing its intention to launch a $233 million offer despite having a standstill agreement with PCH.
UK-headquartered oil services company Cape plc has bought Kwinana-based mining and industrial processing services company TCC Group in a cash and scrip deal worth $85 million.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has rejected an increased takeover bid from UK-based industrial services company Cape plc, saying the $1.30 per share offer was not high enough.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has resumed discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid with UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC, two months after earlier talks faltered.
UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC has withdrawn from discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid for Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd, saying it had been unable to have meaningful engagement with the company.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has announced plans to work with Singapore-based scaffolding company Presco Scaffolding and Services Ltd.
