Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

INAUGURAL BOGAN FEST FINDS ‘WINNERS’

Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The inaugural Australia's Biggest Bogan Festival took place on the weekend, with Parkes’ Cambridge Hotel joining Forbes’ Post Office Hotel, the Condobolin Hotel and the Railway Hotel in Bogan Gate for sweat-stained heats and finals. Dressed-up wannabes listlessly clutched warm

LONGEST PUB NAME REOPENS BESIDE SHORTEST

Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Two record-holding British pubs have been unwittingly brought together, offering visitors to Stalybridge the pub with the longest name in the country beside the one with the shortest. In 1880, in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer

WYNNE WYNNE IN ROYAL RICHMOND

Posted on July 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

In an era dominated by corporate consolidation, long-time owners Mal Russell and family have divested their big Richmond landmark to in-limbo industry stalwarts Peter and Karen Wynne, for a hot market price. Built 1848, the Royal Hotel occupies a generous

PUBS CLOSE AS EVA IN HANDS OF LIQUIDATORS

Posted on July 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Entertainment Venues Australia has been put into liquidation, leaving in doubt the future of its five operations in the South Australian capital. News initially broke that two of its pubs, Kent Town’s Royal Terrace Hotel and The Glenelg Pier Hotel,

COMISKEYS BRING HISTORY AND FUTURE TO SAMFORD HOTEL

Posted on July 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The award-winning Comiskey Group has announced its latest endeavour, beginning with taking ownership of the Samford Valley Hotel. The family-owned Queensland company boasts a history of strategic operations in hotels and shopping centres spanning more than 30 years, as seen

EARND OFFERS STAFF AND BUSINESSES FLEXIBLE PAY

Posted on July 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Leading human resource and payroll software and services provider Ascender has announced partnership with “flexible pay provider” Earnd to offer Australian businesses and employees the benefits of accessing wages as they are earned. More than 700,000 Australian employees are

VENUES BUSTED FOR INTOX AND MINOR GAMING

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Regulators have kick-started the financial year with decisions against two licensed venues, over allowing intoxication, and a minor operating a gaming machine. The NSW District Court last week heard an appeal from the licensee of Bathurst’s Elephant & Castle Hotel

HANDY TAKES UP FIGHT FOR BEYOND BLUE

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Pub professional and part-time pugilist Sam Handy of HTL Property took the fight to the ring on Friday night, overcoming a sizeable height and weight disadvantage in the name of Beyond Blue. The quiet-spoken and charitably proportioned Mr Handy joined

WEIGHTS & MEASURES TARGETING PUBS

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Pubs are one of four sectors to be targeted in this year’s National Compliance Plan, checking consumers are getting what they pay for. The 2019-20 National Compliance Plan from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) will focus on licensed premises, supermarkets,

FEROS UNVEILS ALL-NEW UNION PLACE HOTEL

Posted on July 12th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

John Feros’ JDA Hotels has announced the opening of its large-scale pub development at the former Jannali Inn, welcoming Union Place Hotel to the Shire. Feros acquired the Jannali Inn in 2015, from builder-operators the Durkin family, who built the