HUNT HOSPITALITY NAILS NEW ASSET IN HUNTER

Steve Hunt has furthered his pub fund portfolio with the acquisition of the thriving Duke of Wellington in outer Newcastle for around $8.5 million. The Hunt family’s Hunt Hospitality operates a number of successful Newcastle region pubs, such as the

LAUNDY PUBS EMBRACE GARLO’S PIE FAMILY

Aussie pub family man Arthur Laundy has teamed up with Sean Garlick and his family’s Garlo’s Pies business to put the tasty pastries in LHG pubs. “Very nice people,” Laundy relayed to PubTIC. “I first met Sean through [Rabbitohs star]

CUB EXPANDS DRAUGHT IN NSW AS UNIONS WAIL WICKED

Carlton & United Breweries is eyeing the potential for Melbourne Bitter in Sydney, even as it shrugs off union sabre-rattling. Melbourne Bitter has long been a consistent packaged favourite around the country, although mostly in Victoria. It was first brewed

WAUGHS RAISE ANOTHER BIG CHEQUE FOR CHARITY

Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has produced another big cheque for charity with $135,000 raised over a Ladies’ Lunch at Bistro Moncur in the Woollahra Hotel. The lunch last Friday raised money for The Royal Women’s Hospital Newborn Care

BRUTAL 3-ON-1 PUB BRAWL LEAVES MAN IN COMA

Victorian police are investigating circumstances around a three-on-one brawl outside a Melbourne pub that put the one man in hospital with serious head injuries. Around 9:30 last Wednesday night a confrontation between one 42-year-old man and three others resulted in

PRODUCT TAKES STRESS AND COST OUT OF PROMO DESIGN

A group of hospitality specialist graphic designers has launched a product to take the cost and stress out of creating promotional material for pubs. Pre-launch research found that operators saw a need for a template-based catalogue for designing promo posters

EVICTED PATRON PUB ARSONIST CHARGED OVER DEATH

A bikie has been charged with manslaughter and arson after setting fire to a Sydney pub and killing his mate in the process. Scott Keighran, 30, and Harley McKenna, 29, were evicted from O’Donoghue’s Irish Pub around 8pm on 9

BEACHFRONT PUB SALT BAR FOR SALE

A Kingscliff pub that is the legacy of the late Brian and Kathy Ray is being offered to market as their family remain “heavily committed” to the precinct. The Salt Bar is an absolute beachfront bar and bistro, occupying 1,883

MAN USES TO KEG TO BUST INTO PUB FOR A BEER

One determined Queensland patron was caught on CCTV using an empty beer keg to break in to a pub so he could get another beer. The drunk man was filmed throwing a keg at a side door of the Howl

NUDIE RUN TO PAY PUB BILL – NO PROBLEM

A man who could not pay his bill at a Czech pub and left all his clothes as collateral as he went for money was stopped by local police, then allowed to complete his quest. On Monday (25 July) residents