Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

PUBS’ DILEMMA AS RBA CONFRONTS COST OF LIVING

Posted on July 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The Reserve Bank has recommended an end to surcharges on EFTPOS payments and cards as part of its investigation into merchant fees, claiming businesses will be better off and Australians will potentially save billions each year. Payment surcharge laws began

MAITLAND LOOKS TO LEAVE PARADISE

Posted on July 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Veteran hotelier Greg Maitland has listed his large-format Paradise Hotel in suburban Adelaide, offering potential in a robust hospitality complex. The hotel is located on a highly strategic 8,500sqm lot on Lower North East Road, in Paradise, and is equipped

UNIVERSAL SWAPS NEWTOWN FOR LORD BOB

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Universal Hotels has exchanged its thumping Newtown Hotel for the iconic Lord Roberts in Darlinghurst, in a deal valued at around $20 million. The Newtown Hotel resides on a high exposure 700+sqm corner of the bustling King Street retail and

PUBLIC’S PADDO PUB SOLD

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Another of the distressed Public Hospitality portfolio has sold, seeing Paddington’s long-standing ‘Three Weeds’ going to an unnamed “private investment syndicate”. The former Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, more commonly known as Three Weeds, is one of the precinct’s historic pubs,

O’HARAS ON TRACK AT PARRAMATTA

Posted on July 14th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The O’Hara Group has expanded its presence in Parramatta, quietly opening an all-new brownfield pub in the heart of the CBD. Station Hotel is a all-new, multi-level watering hole on Church St, opposite Westfield, for up to 450 patrons. It

BOUNCING BACK WITH SMALL BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING

Posted on July 14th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The Albany Hotel is one of potentially many pubs that is in business today after legally wiping most of its debt, courtesy of Australia’s new-ish Small Business Restructuring (SBR) laws. Turning 60, Neville Walton went through with a long-held dream

TOWN HALL HOTEL BALMAIN SELLS AT AUCTION

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Balmain’s beleaguered Town Hall Hotel is back, after selling this week to a ‘restitutional’ investor as the Public Hospitality portfolio flounders. The Town Hall Hotel was built in 1888 on a corner of arterial Darling Street, opposite the suburb’s actual

HOW AUSSIE PUBS CAN OWN THE WINTER SEASON

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Despite inclement temperatures and flagging footfall, there are things operators can do to get patrons off the couch and in for a hot meal and good time. Paul Hadida, SevenRooms’ managing director APAC, offers some perspective for publicans looking to

PICKLED POSSUM ON THE BLOCK

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Institution of Sydney’s lower north shore, the Pickled Possum in Neutral Bay, is being sold as a vacant freehold going concern through receivers and managers. A staple of the precinct since 1981, the colourful, eclectic late-night karaoke bar, famous amongst

AVC PICKS UP HERVEY BAY ICON

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Fraser Coast favourite the Bayswater Bar & Grill in Hervey Bay has been sold to national operator Australian Venue Co, bringing the buzz to one of Queensland’s less frequently transacted hot spots. Positioned right on the water, the BB&G is