THE SALMONS’ SHIFTING TIDES AT CHATSWOOD

Rod Salmon has passed his newly rebranded Chatswood Hotel on Sydney’s north shore to a growing local operator. The two-level pub, previously known as the Chelsea, occupies a 765sqm strata site surrounded by residential and commercial buildings and opposite the

QUANTACO GROWS WITH CTB AND CO.

Australian hospitality services provider Quantaco has announced acquisition of cloud-based kitchen management software CTB and Co. A leading provider of financial technology and advisory services to the sector, Quantaco cites a mission is to help customers further digitise historically analogue

HOTEL WINS BACK LOCALS’ FAVOUR IN PIVOTAL MOVE

Popular St Kilda venue Post Office Club Hotel has pivoted once again, to the delight of its locals. Over the past 153 years the pub, once known as the Buck’s Head Hotel, has seen a lot of changes. From a

COLLINS CONFIDENT ON THE SHAKY

The beloved ‘Shaky’ Shakespeare Hotel of Surry Hills, operated by legend Margaret Hargreaves for nearly half a century, has sold to the proprietor of Balmain’s The London. The hotel was established in 1879, found on Devonshire Street just 300 meters

ENDEAVOUR AND ALH FY24 RESULTS

Endeavour Group has posted its full year results for FY24, detailing cost-cutting and portfolio hygiene in challenging economic times, yet seeing falling investor sentiment. ASX-listed Endeavour (ASX:EDV) is the holder of 350 pubs, retail outlets Dan Murphy’s and BWS, and

THE MILL COMPLETES UNIVERSAL SWAP

The Kospetas family has bookended its portfolio swap-shuffle with Barham Hamarashid, completing the off-market sale of The Mill in Bondi Junction, following exchange on the Evening Star. What was the Mill Hill Hotel was a modest two-storey premise previously owned

ROYAL ON 99 MAKES 44 FOR THE RHINO

Waratah Hotel Group has successfully divested its acclaimed hotel Royal on 99 to Dave Tomsic’s rampaging Black Rhino group. Located in the major regional Queensland town of Roma, the purpose-built pub opened in 2016, replacing the former Royal Hotel, which

LIVINGSTONE HIT IN BRAZEN ARMED ROBBERY

Two men are on the run from police in Sydney and a man has been arrested in Melbourne over multiple armed robberies at pubs and clubs. According to reports, two armed men entered Oscars’ Livingstone Hotel in Sydney’s inner west

CHARGES UPGRADED AFTER PUB ASSAULT VICTIM DIES

An assault in a pub in north-west Adelaide earlier this month has seen a man die and his accused assailant’s charges escalated. Luke Sweetman, with his sister, Laura Sweetman According to police, 29-year-old Matthew Hawkins allegedly punched 35-year-old local Luke

COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND HOTEL AFTER DEVASTATING BLAZE

A shocking blaze left the town of Baralaba reeling last weekend as their beloved pub went up in flames early on the Saturday morning. The historic Baralaba Hotel, approximately 150 kilometres southwest of Rockhampton, had recently been refurbished and listed