Clyde Mooney

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NEW UPG BRAUHAUS USHERS UBER EXPANSION PLANS

Posted on July 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Pursuing big expansion plans cited by its new owners, Urban Purveyor Group (UPG) has announced the pending opening of its latest instalment of the Munich Brauhaus brand of beer halls. UPG already operates a total of 28 venues and subsidiary

ELECTION FIASCO REVIVES ANTI-POKIES POLLIES

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The turbulent election result has given new life to the old power-trippers again calling for sweeping restrictions to be placed on the nation’s poker machines. The ghosts of minority governments past are chuckling as the newly-elected Turnbull Government grapples with

ARMED ROBBERIES REEK OF DRUG DESPERATION

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Pubs in NSW and Queensland were victims of armed robberies by amateurs over the weekend, shocking victims with firearms to secure small amounts of cash. Just before midnight on Saturday, two men entered Spirit Hotels’ Hotel HQ in Logan, in

PUBLICAN LOSES TWO VENUES AMID HARD TIMES

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Two venues operated by John Hussey have fallen, with receivers taking possession and agreements “extinguished”. The Gold Coast Bulletin reported one of the glitter strip’s biggest nightclubs – Shooters – closed suddenly, with several dozen now-out-of-work employees said to be

BIG PILBARA PUB UP FOR GRABS

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A large-format hotel in one of Australia’s largest mining regions has come onto the market via receivers, with re-focused opportunity. The freehold going concern of the recently refurbished Newman Hotel occupies a sprawling 2.6-hectare site in Newman – approximately 1200

DOVE & OLIVE LISTED AMID GOOD BEER PLANS FOR THE DOG

Posted on July 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The dynamic Good Beer Company has listed its Surry Hills rocket, the Dove & Olive, ahead of “redefining” its large-format DOG. After developing the Surry Hills pub it purchased mid-2012 into one of Sydney’s most awarded and thriving food &

COLONIAL MOVES INTO ANOTHER STATE WITH PURCHASE OF THE FOX

Posted on July 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Colonial Leisure Group (CLG) has jumped into another State, bringing Brisbane’s big-trading Fox Hotel into its premium portfolio. Continuing the expansion plans that saw it quietly acquire Keystone’s Newtown Hotel in February, CLG has bought its first Queensland pub –

SOLOTEL’S NOD TO HENRY LAWSON’S ‘CASTLE’ REVEALED

Posted on July 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Solomon’s Solotel last night relaunched one of Sydney’s most historic hotels – former home of Henry Lawson, the Edinburgh Castle. In the final years of the 19th century, iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson inhabited one of the

UPDATE: MELBOURNE PUB ARSON INSIDE JOB

Posted on July 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A fire that destroyed a new near-complete Melbourne pub last October was deliberately lit by the builder struggling to meet the opening deadline. Police investigated the arson attack, reported by Andrew Winston McMahon at the time as started by two

HUGE COASTAL PUB GOES TO MARKET

Posted on July 13th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Arguably the largest pub on the SA coast has hit the market, with an enormous trading area and price expectations exceeding $13 million. The Glenelg Pier Hotel (GPH) is located on 2,338 m² in the top trading zone of the