Malaga-based Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment has been awarded two contracts, valued at $75 million and $50 million, from the state government to manufacture modern firefighting vehicles.
Malaysian property investment group YTL Corporation has added to its Perth portfolio, with one of its subsidiaries acquiring The Westin Perth from BGC Australia in a deal understood to be worth around $200 million.
West Perth-based Amristar Solutions has secured a $4.5 million state government contract for ICT services, while ASX-listed Cirrus Networks has been awarded a $2.5 million contract to manage data services for Crown Resorts.
Western Australia will get an $80 million specialist rural fire division at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, as recommended in an independent report into the deadly Yarloop bushfire.
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The state's fire and emergency services department will receive a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system under a $7 million deal with Motorola, bringing it in line with technology used by WA Police.
St John Ambulance has reported increased revenue and surplus for the 2014-15 financial year, growing its income from ambulance trips, health department contracts, and first aid training services.
A group of determined local business people have come together for the first time in Perth's history to create a museum dedicated to the city's past and present.
Perth company WPM Group anticipates revenue growth of more than 35 per cent this year after securing three major contracts in its specialist niche of print management.
About 60 firefighters fought an industrial fire in Welspool for three hours from 10am today, at a complex believed to be Aquatechnics Pool Technology Display Centre.
A suite of educational software for high school students and a remote operations communication platform for the resources sector are among the Western Australian winners at national technology awar
Wild weather has caused havoc in central Perth, with the roof partially blown off a newly opened $20 million hotel and trees felled by high winds in the central business district.
