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Education 31 Oct 2025

Navitas reports $338m loss

International education service provider Navitas has reported an annual loss of $338 million and an impairment of $188 million in the recent financial year.

Financial Services 16 Oct 2025

Perth entrepreneur wins EY services award

PPS Water Group founder Matthew Rear has been named Australia's top services entrepreneur at the 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Rod Jones (left) and Craig Burton shared investments and roles.

Special Reports 11 Sep 2025

Synchronised strategy a meeting of minds

Two local family offices have found mutual benefit in working together when it comes to investment in emerging companies.

Education 01 Nov 2024

Navitas criticises student cap policies

International education group Navitas has reported an increase in revenue but blamed restrictive policies in Canada and Australia for stifling the growth.

Education 18 Jan 2024

Navitas, ICN to open French college

Global education service provider Navitas has entered a 10-year partnership with ICN Business School to open an international college in France.

Education 08 Nov 2023

Navitas sells tech business for $60m

Prominent education stakeholder Navitas has sold its student application software business for $60 million to Nasdaq-listed Flywire Corporation.

Podcasts 03 Nov 2023

In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss opposition fracture; Perth house prices; RAC Insurance; Pioneer Credit; BGC stoppage; Hancock Prospecting; Azure Minerals, and private companies wrap.

Education 30 Oct 2023

Pandemic casts shadow over Navitas result

Global education player Navitas hopes it can finally shake the impact of Covid after a big net loss.

Education 01 Mar 2023

Navitas takes stake in three colleges

Navitas will secure an interest in several colleges offering university pathways to international students across Australia and New Zealand from UK-based Study Group.

Special Reports 14 Dec 2022

Durable businesses ride the ups and downs

Old or emerging, disruptions to dynasties have the potential to make or break their businesses.

Podcasts 31 Oct 2022

At Close of Business 31 October 2022

Senior editor Mark Beyer reports on the soon-to-be-reopened Liberty Theatre and Humich Group's vision for the 68-year-old venue.

Education 31 Oct 2022

Asset sale puts Navitas back in the black

The global education business has offered a positive outlook, underscoring its resilience after being battered by the pandemic.

Special Reports 05 Aug 2022

Weight of money goes private

Family offices are becoming more prominent in the investment space.

News 01 Mar 2022

Diversification to drive growth pathway

As WA opens to the rest of the country, business leaders are debating which industries the state should target for growth.

Opinion 08 Feb 2022

Private business has changed

The businesses that dominate the unlisted landscape are very different from 20 years ago.

Government 01 Feb 2022

MinRes, Woodside among top WA donors

Wesfarmers, Mineral Resources, and Woodside were among the most notable WA-based political donors in the most recent financial year, with contributions of about $680,000 between them.

Free to read 19 Oct 2021

Top people, smart companies and great ideas

Business News has devised a collection of some of Perth's world-leading innovations.

Opinion 14 Sep 2021

Deal puts Woodside in big league

Woodside's purchase of BHP's oil assets is close to the biggest deal by a WA company.

Mining 03 Feb 2021

Big shifts among WA's top players

The ranking of WA's largest private companies has changed dramatically over the past decade.

Technology, Innovation & Science 10 Sep 2020

Buckingham to chair Pentanet

Navitas and iiNet alum David Buckingham is set to become chair of internet services-provider Pentanet ahead of its widely tipped ASX listing.

Special Reports 03 Feb 2020

Private companies deliver strong growth

Private companies and not-for-profit businesses play a prominent role in the West Australian economy, with annual revenue at the top 20 exceeding $32 billion, according to data compiled by Business News.

Special Reports 20 Jan 2020

Advisers compete on 733 deals

Azure Capital, Canaccord Genuity and DLA Piper were among the most active advisers on corporate finance deals in 2019.

Great for the State 19 Nov 2019

Gearing up for Indo-Pacific’s bright minds

International education is a $1.9 billion industry for WA, and there are plenty of innovative ideas about how to build the sector.

News 18 Nov 2019

Former Navitas team launches Camino

Several former Navitas executives have banded together to form Camino Global Education, following Navitas' $2.3 billion privatisation in June which saw ownership partially returned to founder Rod J

Technology, Innovation & Science 24 Oct 2019

Buckingham joins Nuheara board

Former Navitas managing director David Buckingham has been appointed as a non-executive director for wearable technology company Nuheara.

Great for the State 27 Aug 2019

Values in action – snapshot of WA companies operating with purpose

How ten Western Australian companies operate with purpose.

Appointments 11 Jul 2019

Appointments July 11, 2019

Our weekly appointment wrap includes Scott Jones, Terry Waldron, Reg Howard-Smith, David Buckingham, Philip Mirams, Colin Pavlovich, Ken Michael, Lee Broomhall, Kelly Howlett, Tim Youe, Joshua Byrne, David Templeman, Anne Banks-McAllister, Peter Snowsill, Martin Hirsch, Michael Winlo, Charles Fear, Patrick Beilby, Biljana Radulovic, Hector West, Matthew Seabrook, Arash Kalani, Simon Pigliardo, Kathy Reid, Melissa Joyce, Nada Raphael, Fredrick Riebeling, Gina Nofal, and Nicola Jansen.