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UGL has won a contract worth up to $400 million for maintenance and turnaround work with Chevron.

A Welshpool-based metal fabrication company and its manager have been hit with $650,000 in fines over an incident which left an employee with serious burns.

Future Perth is a six-part podcast series that will examine the major issues facing this vibrant metropolis as it looks to grow in both size and stature over the next 20 years.

Listed contractor GR Engineering Services has secured three years of work on Santos's coal seam gas operations in Queensland.

A report launched as part of a campaign by Australia's peak disability services sector body has assumed a multiplier of 2.25 for the $23 billion spent annually through the NDIS.

A group of dedicated donors has signed up to a unique fundraising program at West Australian Ballet.

Pay jumps 20pc to lure skilled execs

A company targeting treatment of blindness was announced as the WA Innovator of the Year on Wednesday night.

The collapse in international and interstate travel was partly offset by a small increase in local flights and higher income from its property estate.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Madeleine Stephens on an Uber-style, job-sharing platform for Perth's waste industry.

Jandakot-based Dunn Aviation has landed a five-year contract from the state government to assist with bushfire control across four regions.

Australian share market investors had their biggest day of buying in more than four weeks before the US Federal Reserve prepares to wind back economic stimulus.

The construction of Catholic Homes' $34.5 million aged care facility in Belmont has begun today, after Perkins Builders was awarded the contract to build the new 96-bed development.

Perth-based Stephen O'Keefe has acquired his second Telstra Business Technology Centre in the state in an effort to bring IT and communications support to businesses in regional areas.

A device to predict kidney disease and a diagnostic imaging tool for cancer surgery are among the innovations awarded a share of $450,000 for commercialisation.

Listed security business MCS Services has won a $4.8 million contract to monitor all shopping precincts owned and managed by Vicinity Centres in WA.

A cloud-based logistics platform aims to improve recycling rates of building waste as regulatory and cost issues persist in the sector.

With several projects under way, the state also needs to develop markets for its recycled products in pursuit of a circular economy.

Perth-based Nuheara has been appointed as an accredited services provider under the federal government's hearing services programme.

Chalice Mining's gold spinout is seeking to list on the ASX next month, having launched an IPO to raise $30 million.

Historically, tie-ups of WA's public universities have stalled but they should be on the table today.

Future defence industry projects vital to establish workflow for WA shipbuilders.

Realty Assist has raised $24 million to roll out buy-now, pay-later style ventures that allow members to access up to 80 per cent equity in a property sale two months in advance.

An eleventh hour move by Pindan's Singaporean owner to almost double its DOCA proposal to $12.3 million will lead to an adjournment of a planned creditors' meeting tomorrow.

Belmont-based GR Engineering Services has secured further work on a large tin operation in Tasmania, under a contract worth nearly $24 million.

Tony Galati's Spudshed empire made $420 million of revenue in the year to June, but rising costs have put pressure on margins.

Council approvals to build new dwellings in WA dropped 21 per cent in September, Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows.

The state government is set to release its roadmap out of the COVID-19 pandemic this Friday, announcing a $400 million boost for WA's healthcare system.

BHP has pushed back the expiry date on its $A372 million cash offer for Canadian miner Noront Resources by a week to begin talks with takeover rival Wyloo Metals.

Perth Airport has revealed its chairman, Nev Power, has taken a leave of absence from its board while he deals with charges related to breaching COVID travel restrictions.

WA robotic bricklaying company FBR has signed a deal with Mexican construction group GP Vivienda to build up to 5,000 homes in the North American country.

Westgold Resources has sought to withdraw its $120 million takeover proposal for Gascoyne Resources after a conflicting merger was approved by the Supreme Court of WA.