‘LOCAL’ SOLUTIONS DRIVING DROPS IN VIOLENCE

Annual statistics released last week show the success of work by Safe Night Precincts and police in dramatically reducing alcohol-related violence. The Queensland Police Service’s annual statistics reveal an impressive nine per cent drop in assaults across Safe Night Precincts

UPSIDE SEES $773m BID FOR ALH LANDLORD REJECTED

The largest shareholder of the largest landlord to Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) made an unsuccessful takeover bid on Wednesday. The ASX-listed ALE real estate investment trust (REIT) consists entirely of a $900 million portfolio of properties, exclusively rented to

HOT PROPERTY INNER-WEST PUB ENTICED TO MARKET

Another prized Sydney freehold has come up for sale, in direct response to market demand. In the heart of the trendy, inner-west suburb of Stanmore, the Salisbury Hotel has targeted “family-friendly”, with strong food and bev trade, gaming and TAB,

“LUCKY” GAMING PUB HITS MARKET

Budding top gaming pub the Lucky Australian is being sold by receivers amid the fallout from Court proceedings and other complications surrounding the divorce of one of the owners. The Lucky occupies a large, prominent block, with plenty of upside

SA BEST BURGER BATTLE FOUGHT & WON

The battle for one of the benchmarks of pubs has been fought, with the Hurley Group taking the gong for South Australia’s best burger. Before an expert panel of judges including several professional food critics, eleven finalists competed for the

WAUGH’S PHMG SECURES ANOTHER EAST-SYDNEY PUB ICON

  Mitchell Waugh’s newly-formed Public House Management Group (PHMG) has bought the first pub sold by the Ryan Family since 1992. Purchased by John and Sally Ryan in 2011 for around $15 million, the famous Woollahra Hotel – home of

AB INBEV SET TO SWALLOW WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST BREWER

The merger & acquisition juggernaut rolls on, with SABMiller’s board accepting AB InBev’s juicy cash offer upon condition of a multi-billion-dollar failure fee. The second-largest brewer in the world (by revenue) is the product of British-based South African Breweries, established