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Carbon Footprint Data Requests Are Hitting WA Suppliers: How to Respond and Win Work

If you supply the resources sector in Western Australia, there’s a good chance you’ve received a request for carbon footprint data. A major mining or energy client, or one of their procurement platforms, asking for your emissions data, your energy use, your fuel records. Often with a short deadline and a questionnaire that makes little sense when it arrives out of the blue. It can feel like an unreasonable ask. You’re a crane hire company, a maintenance contractor, a transport operator, not a listed miner. Why is their reporting suddenly your problem? Here’s the short answer: it isn’t going away,...

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Ledge’s Expertise in Debt Advisory Services

Ledge stands as a trusted partner in tailored debt advisory services for Western Australian SMEs, helping clients manage change, mitigate risk, and seize new opportunities. Locally owned and operated, Ledge Finance has been one of the state’s most trusted names in commercial finance for more than four decades, having built its reputation on providing independent, strategic financial advice and tailored debt solutions. Today, as economic conditions become increasingly dynamic and business transactions more complex, Ledge’s expertise extends well beyond traditional finance brokering. Through its debt advisory services, Ledge helps businesses unlock growth opportunities – whether they’re exploring an acquisition, restructuring...

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How Autônomo scaled with strategic financial support

Founded in 2018, Autônomo specialises in integrating advanced autonomous and digital technologies into mobile plant for industries including mining, oil and gas, transport, healthcare, and construction. From full autonomy to tyre monitoring, fatigue detection and dispatch systems, the Perth-based business delivers the full suite of engineering, integration, labour and maintenance required to make autonomy technology operational at scale. Managing Director Gerard McNamara explains how Autônomo was founded to bridge a gap in an industry hungry for technology but short on practical integration expertise: There’s no one in the market that does the end-to-end service we do, delivering the whole suite...

Forecast: $25 Billion Per Year WA Civil Construction Market by 2035

The new WA Civil Infrastructure 10 Year Outlook report, commissioned by the Civil Contractors Federation Western Australia (CCF WA) and written by Oxford Economics, highlights a $208 billion pipeline of civil construction work ahead in WA over the next decade. This independent assessment provides valuable insight to assist CCF WA Members with strategic investment, planning, and resource allocation, while also strengthening CCF WA’s advocacy to Government. Key Findings from the Report Current Activity: Civil construction activity in WA grew 15% in FY2025 to $18.2 billion, driven by increases in electricity, water, and sewerage projects. Roads and railways, however, declined for the...

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