A chef of Highfields Tavern is suing Australian Leisure & Hospitality for compensation over a claim he slipped on ice in the freezer and seriously injured his shoulder. Larry Owen McPaul alleges the pub’s owner, ALH Group, failed in its duty to maintain a safe work environment, and to take reasonable steps to avoid exposing […]
The beloved Carringbush Hotel, a fixture of inner Melbourne, closed its doors Sunday, 2 June, succumbing to the escalating costs plaguing the hospitality industry. Co-owner Liam Matthews revealed the sobering news, pointing to the exorbitant expenses hitting pubs, bars, restaurants, and cafes especially hard. “Like most, we are feeling the current financial pinch and instead
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Australian Venue Co has again demonstrated its dedication to innovation with the launch of its retail media network for partner marketing and promotion, AVC Experience+. The concept provides access to AVC’s growing national portfolio of 219+ venues, offering the ability to reach up to 15 million consumers annually through curated experiences, encompassing 35 media touchpoints
The Fair Work Commission has announced its decision, and minimum wage and award wages will increase in Australia by 3.75 per cent, from 1 July, Australia’s economic outlook is improving, but challenges remain. After considering a range of factors, the FWC has increased the national minimum wage to $24.10 per hour. For a full-time, 38-hour
A celebrated champion of wellbeing, the Commercial Hotel in Deepwater is in hot water over its policy allowing caravanning travellers to stay overnight on the back lawn. Located high in the Great Dividing Range, around 140 kilometres from the coast, between Ballina and Coffs Harbour, the Deepwater resides on a comfortable, largely undeveloped two-acre lot.
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Administrators have been appointed and are seeking a sale on the Bridge Hotel of Bendigo, after post-COVID challenges. Built 1858, the pub was previously known as the Waterloo Hotel. It has become renowned for its exceptional cuisine and diverse selection of local Heathcote and regional wines. With capacity for 300 patrons, it offers attractions including
High flying banker turned publican Jon Adgemis has secured a $400 million refinancing deal to save his floundering hospitality gambit, but will be forced to sell down. According to sources, an agreement has been reached this week with the group’s major lenders Deutsche Bank, Gemi Investments and Archibald Capital, providing funding earmarked to pay staff,
The hilarity-hopped Holey Moley has closed in Newtown, as the double hit with Hijinx Hotel begins play again in Brisbane. Operator Funlab has been partnering putt putt with hospitality since 2016, best known for its brightly-coloured courses themed in 80s and 90s nostalgia. Mid-2017 the group opened its first outlet in Australia, taking over Enmore’s
A would-be bandit wearing budgie smugglers on his head is on the run from police, after an attempted hold-up of a pub in Port Melbourne. According to police, the man entered ALH’s Rex Hotel around 2.15am on Wednesday, 22 May. “At the time of the incident, it is believed he was wearing some kind of
A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub. Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to the Aboriginal people who owned the land. Greenway is part-owner of the troubled Freemason’s Hotel,
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