Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

FEROS UNVEILS THREE NEW AND “UGLY” VENUES FOR THE SHIRE

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Feros Group is breathing new life into The Shire, with no less than three new venues about to open, plus work just begun on an all-new pub. Already specialising in booming food establishments such as the award-winning Terrey Hills Tavern,

IRIS AND GALLAGHER TRADE ANOTHER PUB

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Dynamic Iris Capital has traded another pub with the booming Gallagher Hotel Group, as leaseholds continue to come to the fore in the hot hotel market. Representing the fifth asset swap for the two groups, Iris has sold Gallagher the

PUB OWNERS “AT FAULT” AFTER COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS UNCHECKED

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A Brisbane pub has found itself answering to a powerful community group, after neighbours voiced their complaints – but not to the pub. [caption id="attachment_4649" align="alignright" width="253"] Brooke and Adam Hill in the Birdcage on Derby Day.[/caption] The Boundary Hotel,

PUB ROBBED WITH SWORD IN WELL-PLANNED HEIST

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A Berrimah pub and staff member are recovering after a cunning bandit executed a well-planned robbery, wielding a sword. Last Sunday night the manager of the Hidden Valley Tavern was confronted in the office by a masked man holding a

LANTERN SELLS $11m SURRY HILLS DOLPHIN HOTEL

Posted on December 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Lantern Hotel Group has divested one of its best city assets to a colourful A-lister of Sydney hospitality. In October the ASX-listed Lantern (LTN) announced a portfolio reshuffle, selling three pubs as part of its “strategic review of the business”,

SOLOTEL “VERY PLEASED” AS SOLOMON DODGES MEDIA BULLET

Posted on December 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A week after quiet-spoken hotel doyen Bruce Solomon seized the opportunity to slap some perspective on Sydney’s lockout laws debate, all is quiet on the nanny-state front. Solomon rose to accept his inauguration into the NSW Australian Hotels Association Hall

HURLEY CHAMPIONS RIGHTS OF HOTELS AND LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES

Posted on December 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Prominent hotelier and AHA SA President, Peter Hurley, has slammed the “untaxed, totally unregulated” Airbnb, and complicit parties including the former Lord Mayor. Speaking at an AHA Christmas lunch, in front of SA Premier Jay Weatherill and treasurer Tom Koutsantonis,

VCGLR WARNS ON LICENCES AND NYE

Posted on December 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The Victorian regulator for Gambling and Liquor regulation has issued harm-reduction measures and a reminder for licensees. The Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) dispatched renewal notices for liquor licences for 2016 on 27 November. Venues have until

PADDINGTON HAT-TRICK & GASTRO SUPER-CHEF FOR WAUGH GROUP

Posted on December 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Gastro-pub mecca the Four in Hand has sold to Waugh’s PHMG, making a Paddington hat-trick for the Group – just as it announces the arrival of the acclaimed Guillaume Brahimi as ‘Culinary Ambassador’. A highly anticipated sale, The Four is

NARELLAN HOTEL BIG RENO EXPECTS “BIG THINGS”: WAUGH

Posted on December 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Mitchell Waugh’s new Group has taken over the urban giant Narellan Hotel, today revealing a big-budget reno and new-approach community feel. Speaking with PubTIC, Waugh said they wanted to greatly improve the venue for the community, in one of Sydney’s