MAJOR opportunities exist for local engineering, procurement, construction and management companies to take advantage of the billions of dollars worth of LNG and oil projects planned for construction in Australia.
KERRY and Tracy Brown have a message for their fellow hospitality and tourism operators in Mandurah - lift your game and prepare for an influx of business.
WOULD-BE uranium miners might have been first out of the starting gate to capitalise on the surprise election of a conservative government in Western Australia, but there are many other regional businesses set to benefit from Labor's fall and a sustained
TEN years ago, Kewdale company Binder Group was staring into the abyss, but one crucial export contract laid the groundwork for its current success in the international energy industry.
Spring has sprung THIS year's Spring in the Valley festival, to be held on the weekend of October 11 and 12, will feature events at more than 50 Swan Valley food, wine and art venues.
Premier-elect Colin Barnett will no doubt make a number of key decisions during his first 100 days in office, but there's one that should be fairly high on the priority list - where his own department will be housed.
PUNISHING work schedules and unrealistic timeframes are pressuring oil and gas companies to hire inexperienced workers, the oil and gas forum has heard.
PROPERTY executive Shane Kempton has joined Satterley Property Group as land sales director, responsible for the company's residential land sales, project marketing and community development programs.
Hedge funds might attract the headlines for all the wrong reasons but Jon Horton has staked his latest business enterprise on the fact that their returns in these troubled times will attract Australian investors.
PHIL Sexton, the co-founder of Matilda Bay Brewing Co, Dome Coffees, and Little Creatures, believes there are three key elements to staff training in hospitality.
The Australian Transport Council has appointed Greg Martin as chairman of the National Transport Commission (NTC). Mr Martin became deputy chairman in April 2008 and acting chairman last July.
Ausdrill is one step away from securing a $100 million, five-year drilling contract with South African producer Gold Fields Ltd over its St Ives and Agnew gold mines in Western Australia.
Reward Minerals Ltd has proposed to spinout its Jervois base metals and Gabanintha gold-copper projects into wholly-owned subsidiary Jinka Minerals in a bid to become the first Australian potash producer.
First Start - the state government's shared equity scheme for first homebuyers - has been suspended indefinitely in a move that housing groups believe could threaten the already struggling sector, if the incoming Liberal government does not top up funding
Perth-based companies U3O8 Ltd and Uranex NL have moved quickly to progress the development of their Western Australian uranium projects following the Liberal Party win in the state election.
Less than a week after shareholders voted against a resolution to oust a director, Style Ltd's major stakeholder Merim Pty Ltd has again called for another meeting, this time to remove founder Greg Johnson.
The Federal Court has ordered Victoria-based Oil Basin Ltd to pay costs related to its proceedings launched against Perth-based companies ARC Energy Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd.
Perth-based Incremental Petroleum Ltd said it does not see any synergies in merging with Cooper Energy Ltd as it again reiterated calls to shareholders to take no action on the bid.
Credit ratings for BankWest parent HBOS have been downgraded in the wake of this week's US financial turmoil as analysts and investors grow increasingly nervous about the health of global financial institutions.
Barclays PLC confirmed Tuesday that it is interested in acquiring some assets of Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that collapsed after Barclays dropped out of merger talks.
Worried investors fear worse to come; Global share rout as insurer teeters; Stokes signs up to 'no conflict' gag; Babcock denies exposure to collapse; Woodside warns on forcing Shelf split
Lawyers representing the voluntary administrators of the Palandri group of companies are scheduled to appear in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Monday in an attempt to have the group's managed investment schemes wound up.
Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International ASA has lifted its stake in Burrup Holdings to 35 per cent after purchasing additional equity from the company's founder and chairman Pankaj Oswal.
Nedlands-based software provider ISS Group Ltd has entered into an underwriting agreement with Paterson Securities Ltd for its proposed $13 million return of capital to shareholders.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd will seek legal advice after it received a requisition notice from new major shareholder Power United Ltd, which has proposed to oust several directors including executive chairman Tony Sage.
Former treasurer Eric Ripper has been elected leader of the Western Australian Labor Party, two days after former leader Alan Carpenter resigned from the post.
