News Articles for RSM

There's a talent crisis for professional services firms during a period of economic strength and a rising regulatory tsunami in WA.

Old Young's will be placed back in directors' hands after creditors of the award-winning Swan Valley distillery voted to approve a plan to pull the business out of administration.

The award-winning Swan Valley distiller has entered voluntary administration, leaving its ambitious “cathedral of gin” project and hundreds of investors facing an uncertain future.

As market pressures persist in the heated construction sector, insolvency experts are seeing trouble spread to mining services.

Two Wheatbelt operators are using different carbon capture methods to supplement their income.

Perth medtech Orthocell has appointed a former Pilbara Minerals figure and ex-Olympian to its executive team.

A local cybersecurity and privacy partner has warned businesses not to ‘recklessly delay' investing in protecting their data following several cyberattacks in Perth.

Australia is heading for another three years of sugar-hit policies bereft of long-term strategy, according to several industry-leading experts.

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OPINION: Businesses need to be aware of mitigation strategies to reduce the potential damage resulting from US tariffs.

Administrators of The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA say the group is expected to return to committee hands in coming weeks after a deed of company arrangement was accepted.

A Wheatbelt farmer has spruiked the financial benefits of carbon farming as pressure mounts on the industry to adopt stronger sustainability goals.

Administrators of the Pastoralist & Graziers Association of WA have requested police further investigate financial misconduct at the organisation.

The Pastoralists & Graziers Association of WA has entered voluntary administration after discovering ‘serious financial misconduct' last week.

WA generally outperformed national office numbers for the big four accounting firms, while mid-tier players bolstered their presence in the state.

A list of notable businesspeople has weighed in on the future of Perth, including Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, property developer Adrian Fini, and WA chief scientist Peter Klinken.

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Indigenous firm IPS Management Consultants is the big winner from the latest round of state government contracts to provide small business advisory services across WA.

The industry has largely welcomed the federal budget's investment in housing, but say more needs to be done if the country is to reach its housing targets.

The state government has stepped in to secure the future of Bunbury's Dolphin Discovery Centre, putting up $1.5 million to pull the tourist attraction out of administration.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss the view ahead for those in the restructuring and insolvency industry.

A WA firm chosen to build a workforce village in Kalbarri has gone bust one month after being dropped as preferred proponent by the state government.

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The Department of Finance has asked WA Police to investigate Firm Construction, while the company's administrators say Firm may have misrepresented its financial position.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jorja Brady, James Komninos, Chris Jas, Ed Armstrong, Katie Tovich, Sandy Sibenaler, Matthew Allen, Christian Owen and Kirsty Sutherland.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Chrissie Maus, Vlad Mrdak, Fiona Seaward, John Ivulich, Patrick Creaghan, John Ivulich, John Finlay-Jones, Rebekah Puls, Cameron Belyea, Nick Cooper, Doug Warden, Marie Van Blommestein, Reagan Manns, Rhys Edwards, Michael Schaper and Lanie Chopping.

Potential buyers are assessing bids to rescue Firm Construction, which entered administration in late November.

Firm Construction has fallen into administration, with director Mark O'Gorman saying the business had been doing everything it could to overcome financial challenges.

The buoyant WA economy is creating plenty of opportunities for accounting firms, but their growth has been highly varied.

The lithium sector has a major role to play in broadening the appeal of Western Australia's resources offerings, a recent RSM forum has heard.

Perth-based mining consultant Process IQ has been sold to global mining and product services business Molycop.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes David Healy, Sandy Anghie, Matthew Beevers, Grant Boxer, Bruno Di Girolami, Sharon Payn, Anna Lee, Gail McGowan, Sheila McHale, Stephen van Leeuwen and Anthony Mauro.

Two recent acquisitions have helped Deloitte extend its lead as WA's largest accounting and consulting firm.

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Embattled residential construction company Mener Group has launched legal action against its former directors in a bid to recover the $1.27 million it owes its creditors.

Brett Cohen has been appointed partner-in-charge at Clayton Utz's Perth office, while Justin Audcent has been promoted to partner Perth corporate finance at RSM.

Perth's major accounting firms have about 70 per cent of their staff back in the office after COVID, but lots of variation sits behind that number.

Staff numbers at WA's accounting firms have experienced their largest fall in more than 20 years, though the change was highly variable.

Few people are aware of a tax scheme that makes startup investments an attractive opportunity.