Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

Leave a Comment / In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Merivale is in a trademark dispute with a new Brisbane restaurant representing giant multinational Stanbroke beef, over the rights to the name Establishment. Establishment 203 opened its doors on Marshall St in Fortitude Valley on 28 November, 2023, being the first restaurant from Stanbroke, and exclusively stocking steak from the company’s Grantham abattoir. According to […]

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ODD CULTURE LEAVES FITZROY

Leave a Comment / Changing Times, Open & Closed / Clyde Mooney

Less than a year after launching its first venue in Melbourne, Odd Culture Group has announced it has on-sold the Victorian venture in the pursuit of major expansion back home. James Thorpe’s group announced the new endeavour – Odd Culture Fitzroy – on Melbourne’s legendary Brunswick Street, in Fitzroy, in March 2023. It opened in

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PACE OF GROWTH TO QUICKEN UNDER PAG

Leave a Comment / Finance, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Australian Venue Co is finding renewed strength under new owners PAG, and armed with a new investment chest is ratcheting up its acquisitions. In August news broke of the $1.4bn deal whereby PAG Asia Capital bought KKR’s 80 per cent stake in the pub group. The transaction has now settled, heralding a new $900 million debt

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MELBOURNE OWNERS LEAVING RAILWAY IN MARIAN

Leave a Comment / On the Market, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Interstate investors are divesting their long-held Railway Hotel in Marian, to focus closer to home. Located 28 kilometres from Mackay Airport, the Railway is the only hotel in the town of Marian, serving around 4,200 local residents and the broader Pioneer Valley, with its population of some 15,000 people. Within the Railway’s 1,586sqm site is

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AUSTRAC’s SPOTLIGHT ON VENUES IN 2024

Leave a Comment / Gaming, Gaming - Pokies / Clyde Mooney

Under new leadership, financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has renewed its money laundering focus on gaming venues, noting the “billions” it believes is fed into machines by criminals. Responsible for preventing, detecting and responding to criminal abuse of the financial system, AUSTRAC has worked with the gambling sector, notably pubs and clubs, for years, to help

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BAYFIELDS SPOTLIGHT IN PADDINGTON

Leave a Comment / On the Market, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

The Bayfield family is parting with their stately Light Brigade Hotel, as they head back to the beach. Standing like a sentinel at the highest point in Paddington-Woollahra since the 1880s, the three-level pub occupies a prominent position with two street frontages, on the corner of Oxford St and Jersey Rd. Beyond its proximity to

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SHOGROUP EXPAND BY EIGHT DRAGONS

Leave a Comment / Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

James Wynne’s investment vehicle Shogroup has partnered with John Upham to take their first pub in Adelaide with purchase of the new Eight Dragons in redeveloped Chinatown. Shogroup and Upham have secured a 37-year lease on the new Hotel, which is the only hotel in the precinct, and located in a prime spot beside the

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PUBLIC’S EMPIRE ON THE LINE

Leave a Comment / On the Market, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

The high-profile Public Hospitality Group led by Jon Adgemis has listed the Empire Hotel in Annandale, as it strives to maintain the collection under increasing financial strain. Public (PHG) has amassed 22 pubs and hotels in Sydney and Melbourne, including the Camelia in Alexandria, Lady Hampshire in Camperdown, and Strand Hotel in Darlinghurst. PHG picked

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TOP PUBS MEET THE CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN

Leave a Comment / Community, Fundraising / Clyde Mooney

Victorian pubs have reportedly raised over $270k this year for the Good Friday Appeal, through various fundraising activities, including the AHA (Vic) Top Pubs Challenge. The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) Victoria announced the revival of its Top Pubs Challenge in 2024, in collaboration with the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal (GFA). The initiative showcases

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HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

ODD CULTURE LEAVES FITZROY

CASH STILL KING IN THE COUNTRY

PACE OF GROWTH TO QUICKEN UNDER PAG

MELBOURNE OWNERS LEAVING RAILWAY IN MARIAN

AUSTRAC’s SPOTLIGHT ON VENUES IN 2024

Author name: Clyde Mooney

HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

ODD CULTURE LEAVES FITZROY

PACE OF GROWTH TO QUICKEN UNDER PAG

MELBOURNE OWNERS LEAVING RAILWAY IN MARIAN

AUSTRAC’s SPOTLIGHT ON VENUES IN 2024

BAYFIELDS SPOTLIGHT IN PADDINGTON

SHOGROUP EXPAND BY EIGHT DRAGONS

PUBLIC’S EMPIRE ON THE LINE

TOP PUBS MEET THE CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN

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