STAN Perron still goes to his East Perth office three days a week and supports numerous charities, while Harold Clough says he is working as hard as he has ever done, including in a mining venture in Indonesia.
MICHAEL Wright doesn't want his descendants to go through the legal and emotional difficulties that have plagued him for the past few years, and restricted his ability to capitalise on opportunities created by recent economic turmoil.
THE success of the Mt Barker Free Range Chicken business has paved the way for further development of specialist brands within Graham Laitt's Milne AgriGroup.
THE state government says a $250 million developer contribution scheme, launched at the Wungong Urban Water project in Armadale, will significantly boost land supply and set new standards in facilitating development across multiple landowners.
ARCHITECTURE firm Hames Sharley was recognised at this year's Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall WA Innovation & Excellence Awards for its work on 100 St Georges Terrace/Enex100.
ACTIVITY levels in the Western Australian property market have slumped to 10-year lows and are projected to reach 20-year lows, new data from the state government's land information agency Landgate show.
While residential construction is declining across the nation, Western Australia's new home building sector has bucked the trend with a 1.5 per cent rise over the December quarter.
West Perth-based explorer ZYL says it has gained the support needed to become a metallurgical coal producer by late 2012 after it received backing from institutional investors to the tune of $30 million.
Focus Minerals says it will lift its yearly gold production by 40,000 to 60,000 ounces, after it announced the start of mining at its underground gold project, The Mount.
Perth-based Perron Group has secured five new leases for its office tower on Melbourne's St Kilda Road, despite vacancy rates in the area rising above expected levels.
Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier is pushing for changes to skilled migration that go further than the reform package announced yesterday by the federal government.
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Shares in Gindalbie Metals shot up more than nine per cent after the company announced an expansion of its Karara iron ore project and the appointment of a new chief executive.
Norton Gold Fields has completed the sale of its Sienna and Electra coal projects in Queensland to coal magnate Nathan Tinkler's Boardwalk Resources subsidiary, Boardwalk Sienna.
Highway Construction Pty Ltd has won a $58 million state government contract to widen Kwinana Freeway between Leach Highway and Roe Highway to three lanes.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has announced a joint venture between Downer EDI Works and Mouchel International will take on a long-term road maintenance contract in the Mid West and Gascoyne.
The Environmental Protection Authority has given its conditional approval to two major infrastructure proposals for the Oakajee deepwater port project.
Nextgen Networks has completed a 426-kilometre fibre optic cable link from Perth to Geraldton, built as part of the $250 million National Broadband Network Regional Backbone Blackspots Program.
The state government has announced it will increase fines to a maximum of $1 million for illegally demolishing or damaging a state-registered place without appropriate approval.
Training and Workforce Development minister Peter Collier says a new $23 million trades training centre in Clarkson will fill a significant gap in training opportunities in the northern corridor.
THE skincare business may seem all lavender oil and roses to some, but developing a product range and forging a path in a saturated market has been full of challenges for Megan Larsen, founder of Sodashi.
