Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

KNOX SECURES THE TAMWORTH

Posted on May 27th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Powerhouse regional publican Jim Knox has bought the large-format Tamworth Hotel from Sydney-based pub investor Daniel Whitten. Representing the first hotel to be offered for public sale in the LGA for more than a decade, The Tamworth came to market

BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ SEEKS SYDNEY OPERATOR

Posted on May 27th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

The Belgian Beer Café brand is looking to refresh and relaunch an installation in Sydney and beyond, with new owners eager to re-expand the concept in Australia. The first ever Belgian Beer Café (BBC) was launched in 1998 in Brussels,

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AN EMPIRE

Posted on May 25th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Receivers have relisted Annandale’s stately Empire Hotel as the fallout from Jon Adgemis’ collapsed Public Hospitality portfolio takes the scalp of a would-be successor. Bankrupt banker turned publican Jon Adgemis began amassing pubs around 2021, that year buying the Empire

TAB PUBS ON THE HOOK AS TABCORP GETS INVESTIGATED

Posted on May 25th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Operators are unhappy about the revised Tabcorp contracts that will hit up pubs and clubs to pay regulatory fines and reduce or eliminate commissions, as AUSTRAC again investigates the company’s compliance. Tabcorp owns and controls in-venue betting terminals and the

THOMAS TAKES SOLOTEL’S REGENT

Posted on May 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

The Thomas family’s Thomas Hotels has secured the Regent Hotel in Kingsford from operators Solotel and freeholders Amalgamated Hotels, which have held the asset for the past 27 years. In February the parties came together to offer up the combined

PUB WARS ESCALATE TO THREATS ‘WE WILL HURT YOU’

Posted on May 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Melbourne’s scourge of violence, aka ‘pub wars’, have escalated after a brief lull, with venue owners being sent extortion demands for cash to prevent being on the “list of destruction”. The past few months have seen a rash of fire-bombings,

FEROS’ NEW THE WILTON SCORES WITH LOCALS

Posted on May 20th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Feros Group have begun welcoming enthusiastic locals and guests to all-new hospitality ‘destination’ The Wilton at Bingara Gorge, having officially thrown open the doors Friday, 15 May. “We love to do community-based venues, but this one is a real community,”

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