GUARD CONVICTED GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM FOR MAULING PATRON

UPDATE: A Gold Coast hotel security guard has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm, for knocking out and breaking the jaw of a Sydney licensee in February, 2014. [caption id="attachment_5305" align="alignright" width="230"] Dennis Faulkner[/caption] Southport District Court last week

MEN ARRESTED FOR THREE-ON-ONE PUB BASHING

Three men have been arrested and charged regarding a brutal assault in an east Melbourne pub on Saturday night. Victorian Police responded to calls around 8:30pm to a hotel in Doncaster, around 20 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD. The

COPS CRACK DOWN ON BAD-BOY UK PUB

UK licensing authorities are calling to task a suburban pub they say has become a “focal point for crime and disorder” after too many callouts for them and paramedics. [caption id="attachment_10057" align="alignright" width="269"] Knights Quest pub, Blackheath. Image: WhatPub.com[/caption] The

MARKET SEES GLASSHOUSE HOTEL FGC ON OFFER

Furthering the opportunity in Sydney’s south-east, Bob Tate and partners have listed the striking Glasshouse Hotel in Maroubra. Joining the elegant and historic Botany Bay Hotel in Banksmeadow, further south on the peninsula, the Glasshouse Hotel prides itself as a

BRIGHTON’S MARINE HOTEL SHARPENS YIELDS FURTHER

Investment money keeps pouring into the pub sector, with the Marine Hotel Brighton setting another low yield benchmark in Victoria. The freehold interest of the Marine Hotel was sold early 2016 by automotive entrepreneur Bobby Zagame for $13 million, showing

PHMG RUGBY LUNCH ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has served up another spectacular rugby and philanthropy-filled lunch at the Woollahra Hotel, raising over $200,000 for Sydney Children’s Hospital. 2017 marks the second instalment of the PHMG Rugby Lunch charity event, backed by

DRUNK MAN STUCK ATOP PUB FENCE IS LAUGHING MATTER

Video of a man stuck atop a pub fence in Scotland has emerged, with millions of viewers enjoying his explanation of the situation. The video depicts a seemingly intoxicated man, apparently caught on the iron lacework of a pub in

BOTANY BAY SETS SALE AGAIN AMID FOODIE OPPORTUNITY

Having seen a run of operators leave behind an elegantly refurbished yet blank canvas, the Botany Bay Hotel freehold sale may spark a pub revolution in Sydney’s under-cooked south-east. In mid-2015 the freehold and leasehold of the Hotel sold, with

PUB BOOM SEES KNIGHT FRANK ANNEX

As the pub sector shows no sign of slowing, “pent up demand” identifying opportunity and driving values, Knight Frank is ramping up its hotels division, led by old hand Mike Wheatley and new blood. Headquartered in London and operating 413