STRONG HALF-YEAR RESULTS FOR REDCAPE

Listed pub entity Redcape Hotel Group (ASX:RDC) has announced strong financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2020, and a return to “full growth strategy” backed by a strong balance sheet.  Highlights for 1H21 included an increase in statutory

RIVERINA QUALITY ADDRESSING PUB MENUS

Buoyed by the boom in foodservice in pubs around the country, award-winning family-owned Riverina producer Morella Grove is expanding its market in commercial cooking. Morella Grove is best known for its awarded Extra Virgin Olive Oil*, but produces a range

SHORT AND LAUNDY SPLASH AT LENNOX HEAD

The impressive, beachside Lennox Hotel has been bought by a partnership between Fraser Short and Stu Laundy, ushering in a new flagship for local aspirations. The latest Short-Laundy hospitality consortium bought the large-format pub from the private Campbell and Lister

BIG BERESFIELD TAVERN AND BOTTLO LISTED

The Beresfield Tavern and Bottle Barn have come to market, as accidental publican Craig Herbert looks to a return to his former love. Beresfield is a Lower Hunter Region town of over 3,000 people, roughly 23 kilometres north-west of Newcastle,

BEWARE THE ZOMBIE PUB

Article supplied by Ryan Bradbury, manager at specialist accountants Nicols & Brien. It’s likely you will have seen headlines screaming about “Zombie businesses facing the cliff” once the government’s COVID-19 funding packages come to a close in March. While there may

VICTORIA SNAPS SHUT AGAIN

Announcement came today Victoria will go into lockdown again for five days, from midnight tonight, in a designated “short, sharp circuit-breaker” to stem the spread of the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus. Striving to prevent spread into the community

CELEBS RAISING MONEY TO HELP BARS

High-profile celebrities turned booze ambassadors Ryan Reynolds, P Diddy and David Beckham have joined forces for a mission to help licensed venues that highlights why they should stick to their regular gigs. In the past decade it seems any A-lister

NEW CEO FOR SOLOTEL

Next generation hotelier Elliot Solomon will soon take over from Justine Baker as the new CEO of the Solotel Group. Calling time at Bruce Solomon’s hospitality empire, Baker has announced a decision to step down as CEO in order to

TWO STOREY FIRE TAKES OUTBACK ICON

A major fire on Wednesday night has destroyed the historic Two Storey Hotel in the outback town of Tibooburra. Tibooburra is the most north-western precinct in the state, almost 1200 kilometres from Sydney, near both the South Australian and Queensland

JDA WINS BATTLE TO GENERAL GORDON

Suburban stronghold the General Gordon Hotel is the latest big-ticket Sydney pub sold, picked up by Feros’ JDA Hotels – weeks before it reopens from a fire that closed it over two years ago. In July 2018 news broke the