Clyde Mooney

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$25M GAMING PUB SALE PART OF “FRENETIC” 2015

Posted on May 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A top gaming hotel has sold for $25 million, in one of the State’s “fastest growing LGAs”. The Macquarie Hotel, in Liverpool in southern Sydney, is currently ranked #57 on the OLGR gaming venues list, and boasts 30 EGMs and

VIOLENCE DOWN IN VENUES – UP AT HOME

Posted on May 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The latest OLGR figures show the continued real drop of violent incidents in NSW licensed venues, but the true causes remain undetermined and shrouded in politics. The regulator generally trumpeted the effects of its own efforts in reducing the number

DOUBLE-STANDARD HIGHLIGHTED AT DOUBLE BAY HOTEL

Posted on May 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
While the man that threw a glass at TV personality Redfoo escapes with probation, the consequences continue for the hotel where the incident took place. [caption id="attachment_2604" align="alignright" width="265"] Redfoo. Image: Facebook[/caption] Last August Arian Berisha was charged with assault

FIGHTING COCKS TRIUMPHANT IN PUB NAMING DEBATE

Posted on May 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Britain’s recognised “oldest pub” has been under pressure to change its name – Ye Olde Fighting Cocks – because it is offensive in the modern context … to chickens. The eighth-century boozer, celebrated amongst a very ancient list as Britain’s

NEW PUB GROUP TEMPTS HALCYON INTO UNEXPECTED SALE

Posted on May 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
One of the North Shore’s best-known pubs has sold in a surprise deal that was a case of ‘an offer they couldn’t refuse’. Just 15 months after purchasing it for $13 million, Halcyon Group has divested the landmark Buena Vista

MELBOURNE PUB LIKELY TO ATTRACT ALL BUYER TYPES

Posted on May 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Another Melbourne hotel investment has hit the market, with all buyer types set to circle the corner pub packed with opportunity. Just a couple of kilometres east of Melbourne’s CBD, Abbotsford’s Laird Hotel will likely prove attractive to investors, developers

‘TRUE’ CIDERS SHOULD BE TAXED LIKE WINE: CA

Posted on May 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Cider Australia has resolved to further champion the benefits of artisanal products in the booming category, pronouncing a drive to improve labelling and install a version of the WET tax. Following its recent AGM, where Sam Reid was returned as

JUST DAYS UNTIL SYDNEY’S GIFT OF THE GAB(S)

Posted on May 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular juggernaut will pull into Sydney on Saturday, after smashing records last weekend in Melbourne. Originally held in The Local Taphouse Melbourne and Sydney, owner-operators of the pubs and GABS – Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone

VICTORIAN PUB CLIMATE BREEDING NEW PLAYERS

Posted on May 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A dynamic new hotel group has snapped up the suburban giant Vincent Hotel, amid plans for further strategic expansion. Emanating from the successful Port Phillip Charters cruise business, Dixon Hospitality Group (DHG) has bought four pubs in a little over