HOW TO RECOGNISE AND MANAGE INTOXICATED PERSONS

The Victorian liquor regulator has released a useful guide for operators, outlining how staff can identify and properly manage intoxication. The VGCCC (former VCGLR) stresses that intoxication is a high-harm issue, and should be top-of-mind for licensees, managers and staff.

LAZARUS PUTS UP NEWCASTLE BEACH LANDMARK

Wielding an approved DA, Andrew Lazarus is offering up the renovation-ready Beach Hotel on Merewether Beach, in Newcastle. The large-format Hotel resides on a picture perfect 1850sqm site with panoramic views of Merewether Beach – the home to Australia’s largest

PUBLICAN LEADS PACK OF CYCOS TO FIND CURE FOR CANCER

The Firehouse Hotel’s Damien Montgomery is on fire – taking on the High Country Charity Ride 2022, in the quest to find a cure for cancer. Montgomery and his group of ‘Cycos’ have entered the gruelling ‘Tour de Cure High

MANDATORY PRE-COMMITMENT FOR PUBS AND CLUBS: CROWN

The troubled Crown Resorts empire is demanding new mandatory pre-commitment measures to be imposed on the casino apply to all licensed venues with gaming machines – starting with Victoria’s pubs and clubs. Last week it was revealed the Andrews government

CROSBY & WARREN PUT UP LAKE MACQUARIE TAVERN

The large-format Lake Macquarie Tavern in the suburbs of Lake Macquarie is being sold by industry accounting gurus Bob Warren and Paul Crosby. Set on a big 9,000sqm lot, the Tavern was refurbished in 2015, aiming for a family-friendly destination,

YANGAN LOCALS ON QUEST TO BUY LOCAL

Facing the demise of their beloved watering hole, a posse of determined residents are making the bold move to purchase it themselves. Yangan is a small community of less than four-hundred people, 160 kilometres south-west of Brisbane. The Yangan Hotel

NEW STILL OR SPARKLING WINE BY THE GLASS SYSTEM

Australian wine icon De Bortoli has devised a new system for venues to serve still or sparkling wine on tap, by the glass, for ongoing savings. The Griffith-based De Bortoli Wines has created its new, patented Wine By the Glass

WHY SHOULD A CUSTOMER COME TO YOUR VENUE?

Chef Paul Rifkin is a consultant, kitchen mentoring and fine-tuning specialist, and suggests foodservice operations need to think about customer expectations in the new normal. * Is the quality of the food you serve important to your venue, or r

READY TO EXPAND COMMONWEALTH ON OFFER

The stoic Commonwealth Hotel and opportunity are for sale, in Newcastle’s booming suburb of Cooks Hill. Affectionately known as “The Commy” the pub is situated in the popular Cooks Hill entertainment precinct of East Newcastle, just a block off major

NEWCOMERS DIVE IN WITH BIG PLANS FOR WESTMINSTER

Regional landmark the Westminster Hotel of Temora is entering a new era at the hands of ambitious newcomers, transforming a tired operation into a family-friendly destination pub. The proud new owners are Jamie and Sally Keith, who bought the freehold