A WELL-KNOWN Perth family is understood to be the new owner of a significant swathe of Oxford Street after paying $9.5 million for four of Leederville's most high-profile shopfronts.
PERTH Waterfront Taskforce chair Stuart Hicks is pitting his alliance-building skills against Fremantle's thorniest planning issues after taking on the chair of the newly formed Fremantle Union.
LOCAL developers have cautiously welcomed a push to simplify the environmental approvals process for the Perth and Peel regions, so long as it doesn't push up the cost of housing.
FOUR years after the merger of Melbourne-based Programmed Maintenance Services and Perth-based Integrated Group, the company has launched a branding campaign to educate the market about the scope o
IAN and Irene Hughes hadn't planned on owning their own small business, let alone becoming the largest franchisees in the country of pool and spa care network, PoolWerx.
WARM summer weather and the robust state of the local economy are two of the reasons behind a new front in the fight for Western Australians' discretionary spend – and it's all about the ice-cream.
THE largest franchise operator in Western Australia says the resources boom, coupled with the reluctance of banks to lend, has resulted in fewer people venturing into the sector.
Almost a year after Liberal maverick Peter Abetz proposed contentious reforms to WA's franchising laws, the issue is still causing division in the industry.
SECURING future access to fuels in Western Australia and the success of energy-efficiency measures in industry outside of a carbon tax were two key issues discussed at an energy conference in Perth
Gold's first peek at the magic price of $US2000 an ounce ended in disarray last night, a reminder to all investors that bubbles deflate faster than they inflate.
NRW Holdings has announced a record net profit of $41.2 million for the year to June 30, on the back of record levels of work for its civil contracting business and the continued strong performance
When Australian Climate Commission chief Tim Flannery is asked why Australia should bother doing anything about climate change when the country is responsible for only 1.5 per cent of global carbon
Former Home Building Society managing director Greg Wall is moving back into a management role after being named as the new chief executive at motoring industry cooperative Capricorn Society.
The state and federal governments have launched a strategic environmental assessment of the metropolitan area with the aim of providing long-term planning certainty and cutting red tape.
Arafura Resources stocks have soared after it signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products to develop a long-term commercial agreement for the sale of rare earth oxide product
Perth should foster a centre of excellence that brings together like-minded individuals, businesses and, sometimes, public institutions to serve the resources sector.
LEADERSHIP WA, a not-for-profit organisation focused on delivering leadership enhancement programs, has developed a new program stream – Community Leaders in Action – to encourage growth in pro bon
AS executive chair of Macquarie Group in Melbourne, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chairman, and a former president of the Takeovers Panel, Simon McKeon has a strong p
THE City of Perth has unveiled a plan to revitalise the Gasworks Building and its surrounding precinct on Wellington Street, with the creation of an artistic hub for the fashion and photographic in
Planning Minister John Day says the state government is considering mandating more local government involvement in its plan to establish a redevelopment authority to oversee the entire metropolitan
DEVELOPERS along the Scarborough beachfront received a bit of good news last week when the City of Stirling gave the green light to a $53 million revamp of the precinct.
THE automated ticketing technology that promised so much and delivered so little for shareholders in listed company ERG has turned into a profitable business for Vix ERG and its backer, Duncan Savi
