Several former BHP Billiton employees made redundant from their positions at Mount Whaleback mine have engaged law firm Slater & Gordon to fight for their Newman homes amid claims the company altered aspects of its home ownership scheme.
Silver Lake Resources continues to be buffeted by a low gold price, with operating losses at its Murchison operation and impairments dragging it to a $170 million loss.
Perth-based mobile application developer Applabs Technologies is looking to spin-off its recently launched HomeOpen app into its own company, to facilitate an Australia-wide rollout.
Apartment development specialist Finbar Group has notched up its eighth consecutive year of profit growth, with the results indicative of Perth's growing appetite for high-rise dwellings.
Biotech firm Actinogen has signed an agreement to buy pharmaceutical company Corticrine for about $5.75 million, which focuses on the development of treatments for disease modification and prevention in Alzheimer's dementia.
The GFC and new technology have put increasing pressure on law firms, but local firm HHG Legal Group is taking the opportunity to tailor a new service for the middle segment of the market.
Nedlands-based TFS Corporation has achieved a record full-year profit of $82.5 million, up 48 per cent on the back of increased plantation asset ownership.
Urban Capital Group has partnered with an overseas investor to turn a 252-hectare property into a residential estate just north of Peet's Lakelands estate, 10 minutes from Mandurah.
Developers are still rolling out significant new apartment projects across the metropolitan area, despite statistics showing multi-unit dwelling sales decreasing steadily as more supply comes to market.
A device designed to reduce the amount of gold lost through the extraction process has won the top prize at Curtin University's commercial innovation awards.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full-year profit by 60.7 per cent to $46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.
Once the clear leader of Australia's aviation industry, Qantas has provided a dramatic demonstration of what happens when management ignores the views of its customers.
Perth-based financial services group Pioneer Credit has delivered full-year profit of $4.6 million in its first year as a publicly-listed company on the back of strong gains in customer payments.
The Housing Industry Association says Western Australia is set for second consecutive year of strong housing construction, despite a 7.1 per cent fall in new home sales in the month of July.
Window coverings manufacturer and retailer Kresta Holdings has reported a $1.4 million loss for the year ended June 30, down from $1.5 million net profit last year.
Perth's investment banking sector is jockeying for position to sell Canning Vale Market City, Utah Point in Port Hedland and the Kwinana Bulk Terminal, the first assets to be sold off to reduce the
Shares in Perth contractor OTOC have surged after it announced it had taken a first step towards creating a national surveying business by acquiring Victorian firm Bosco Jonson for $17 million.
Tiger Resources says it will acquire the remaining 40 per cent shareholding in Société d'Exploitation de Kipoi for $118.6 million, to gain full ownership of its Kipoi copper project.
Design, construction and consulting group Golder Associates has been awarded a $5.7 million contract for the second phase of geotechnical studies for the planned Forrestfield Airport Link rail tunn
Gold miner Troy Resources has flagged a net loss of $59.1 million on the back of a $61.2 million asset impairment of its Karouni gold project in Guyana.
