Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

FINANCIAL STRESS BURDENS WORKERS AND BUSINESS

Posted on July 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

New research on the impacts of financial stress cites significant problems amongst hospitality workers, and detriment to business amounting to billions per year. Research conducted for AMP Bank on the saving habits of those in the hospitality industry found many

A FRIEND IN HAND IS YOUNG AGAIN

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Former Wallaby Bill Young has resumed Glebe legend the Friend In Hand, buying back from long-term owners the Byrne family. William Kevin Young was a loose-head prop during the golden era of Australian rugby, playing 46 tests over a six-year

‘LUCKY NO-ONE KILLED’ AS NIGHTCLUB WALL COLLAPSES

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial wall collapse in busy nightclub The Library last weekend, with police suggesting it was lucky no-one was killed. The Library, in Northbridge – Perth's entertainment district – was hosting an event called

PUB CARPARK MURDERS

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Paul Rock. Image: Qld police Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark

GET A BETTER DEAL WITH MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

By Sam Trattles Sam Trattles Working with developers, builders and maintenance people provides an opportunity to negotiate good deals due to a highly competitive market, and a history of openness to this kind of discussion. When entering into a new

WOOLWORTHS OUTLINE ALH SALE

Posted on July 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Woolworths has finally announced strategy to divest its contentious Hotels division, to be coupled with its key liquor division, leaving the future of Australia’s biggest drinks-hospitality group dithering. ASX-listed Woolworths (WOW) today released details of its plan to merge Endeavour

PADDINGTON’S CAPTAIN COOK SEEKS FRESH CANVAS

Posted on July 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Jirsch Sutherland Insolvency Solutions has announced sale of the leasehold interest in Sydney’s historic Captain Cook Hotel, beside the stadiums in Paddington. The stately four-storey Captain Cook, built 1914, stands at the intersection of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road,

GAMING EXPO COUNTS DOWN

Posted on July 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Now less than six weeks’ away, the 2019 Australasian Gaming Expo is urging hospitality professionals to keep up with customer expectations by checking out the latest in cutting-edge products and services for pubs. The Expo (AGE) is the biggest hospitality

LAUNDY JUMPS TO OXFORD DRUMMOYNE

Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Arthur Laundy has won the race to Drummoyne’s big Oxford Hotel for circa $42 million, securing a deal in just two weeks from owner-operators Michael Wiggins and Joanne Cassar. Wiggins and Cassar bought the Oxford from Iris Group in 2015

CONTI UP FOR GRABS AS STELLAR GOES UNDER

Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The future of Sorrento’s majestic Continental Hotel is in the wind with the property reluctantly returning to market as developer Stellar winds up. Hotelier Julian Gerner moved to Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula, in 2013, with his wife, to start