Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

PUBS AND INDUSTRY VOICES UNITE FOR CUT IN DRAUGHT BEER EXCISE

Posted on February 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Industry associations are joining pubs and clubs in calling for relief from the ratcheting tax on draught beer, as businesses attempt to recover from the impacts of COVID. A campaign fronted by the National Australian Hotels Association, along with Clubs

THE CHANNON TAVERN NEAR BYRON FOR SALE

Posted on February 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The picturesque The Channon Tavern near Byron is being sold as a vacant possession, with asking price of $3.6 million. Built on a 7,120sqm block in the Byron hinterland, 19 kilometres north of Lismore and proximate to Byron Bay and

IRIS BUILDING BIG ON BASES

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital is building on successes for the new year, chasing plans for a $70 million development on the site of the Kingswood Hotel and a brand-new pub for Sydney’s upper north shore. Plans for 180 Great Western

PLENTY OF PROSPECTS FOR NHILL’S UNION

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The historic Rintoule’s Union Hotel of Nhill is being sold by long-time devotee owner Mick Jesic. Beginning life in 1879 as a wooden structure in Kiata, 20 kilometres south-east, the pub was transported to Nhill in 1881, where it was

GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season

KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN BEGINS

Posted on January 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Following appointment of administrators to the Damian Kelly portfolio, sale of the four thriving pubs has begun. Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes of insolvency and restructuring experts Wexted Advisory were appointed as Administrators and are buoyant on a strong campaign

SYDNEY PUBLICAN BUSTED IN DRUG STING

Posted on January 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

A Paddington hotelier has pleaded guilty to drug offences, after a covert operation that resulted in arrests and dozens of charges being laid, News reports. Officers from the Kings Cross drug unit are thought to have stopped 49-year-old Robert Moroney

VICTORIA ROLLING OUT MAJOR CHANGES TO LIQUOR REGULATION AND ACCORDS

Posted on January 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The Victorian regulator for matters liquor and gaming has announced some major changes, not limited to its new name of VGCCC and the upcoming readjustment of its portfolio. Following legislation passed by Victorian Parliament in December 2021, the VCGLR (Victorian

AVC LANDS ANGLERS IN ANOTHER EG DEAL

Posted on January 24th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Australian Venue Co. has continued its investment in Victorian pubs, taking the freehold going concern of the Anglers Tavern with another investment partner, EG Private Wealth. Maribyrnong’s Anglers Tavern is the largest food and beverage venue north of the Melbourne

ROYAL LOCALS TEAM UP TO SAVE THE TOWN’S PUB

Posted on January 24th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Facing the loss of their treasured local, the people of the town of Grong Grong have raised over a million dollars to form a cooperative and buy it themselves. Grong Grong is a small town in the NSW Riverina, east