Many of Perth's top executives are short of their fundraising targets just three days before the year's major homelessness fundraiser, the CEO Sleepout.
Arrium will investigate selling its iron ore and steel businesses to try and fix its balance sheet, as the debt-laden group announced new impairments that take this year's total to $1.6 billion.
Grocery wholesaler Metcash will sell its automotive business to Burson Group for $275 million and cut food and grocery prices, as it struggles to compete with the major supermarkets.
Foxtel will take a 15 per cent stake in Network Ten after the two broadcasters signed a long awaited deal to bolster the third-placed free to air TV network.
State-owned electricity provider Synergy has declared itself to be at the ‘leading edge' of energy management and storage technologies, after selecting a Perth contractor for a trial electricity battery storage project in Perth's north.
Amcom Telecommunications shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a $1.2 billion tie-up with rival Vocus, defying TPG Telecom's attempts to block the deal.
Returns to Western Australia mining, engineering and technical services players operating offshore have been blunted by the falling commodities prices and sovereign risk.
Western Australia's minerals exploration spending has reached its lowest level since the March quarter of 2007, according to the latest update from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The liquidation of mining services outfit C&G Group Industries has revealed links between the Western Australian operation's director, Christopher Skelly, and a messy business collapse in Christchurch New Zealand.
As a big private company with a healthy balance sheet, BGC Contracting can afford to be strategic as the commodity cycle turns, according to CEO Greg Heylen.
Cost cutting can only take a business so far, and with tough times set to continue for mining services contractors, innovation and diversification have a big role to play. Click through to see more on our Mining Services feature.
Western Australia's neighbourhood shopping centres are among the standout performers for retail asset sales across Australia, with six transactions this year totalling at least $112 million.
As one $85.7 million project hits its final stages of construction, another begins to come out of the ground; such is the life of Perth's leading apartments developer, Finbar Group.
Accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron will be taking part in the re-branding of the business by its international parent company, which plans to rename all factions of the global firm to a single entity, RSM.
Perth-based online health directory and booking service HealthEngine has reached a new milestone, with the company making its one millionth online booking through its application.
Two new co-working spaces are coming to St Georges Terrace, with Liberty Executive Offices establishing a space designed for professionals and St George Bank offering free space to small businesses.
Engineer, entrepreneur and restaurateur Michael O'Hanlon has declared he will run for the position of Perth lord mayor at the October election, based on an ambitious three-point economic plan for the city.
Two local entrepreneurs have had contrasting experiences appearing on Channel 10's recently concluded Shark Tank, a reality TV show in which budding entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of potential investors.
Pessimism in Perth's commercial property sector and the alarming office vacancy rate won't stop development at Elizabeth Quay, according to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.
Oil and gas company Citation Resources is seeking to diversify its business by acquiring an initial 40 per cent interest in an unlisted firm that converts rubber waste into clean fuels, for a cash and share package worth about $7 million.
