Clyde Mooney

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‘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

ROCKLEA GOOD FOUNDATION AS MARKET BUILDS: POWER

Posted on May 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Brisbane hotel family takes the keys for the Southside’s Rocklea Hotel today as opportunity continues to shift in the State’s pub assets. The popular corner pub on Ipswich Rd joins a flurry of venues in Queensland being bought or

KINCUMBER CRAFT FESTIVAL CONTINUES

Posted on May 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Central Coast’s Kincumber Hotel is continuing the success of its ‘Craft Beer and Cider Festival’ with the fourth year expecting even more “locals and day-trippers”. [caption id="attachment_2548" align="alignright" width="419"] James Henty, with Six String Brewery[/caption] Owner James Henty told

PADDINGTON’S ‘NASH’ SNAPPED UP

Posted on May 22nd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The freehold of Paddington’s iconic Grand National Hotel has sold, as investor appetites broaden. Tenanted by Lance Burrowes’ LJB Hotels on a long-term lease, the “Nash” Hotel is in fact one of the largest single land holdings in the highly

LORD DUDLEY SERVING MILLION-DOLLAR PIE

Posted on May 22nd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The unofficial Lord of Woollahra is plating up the (unofficial) ‘Most Expensive Pie in the World’. [caption id="attachment_2509" align="alignright" width="278"] Lord Dudley's own signature pie[/caption] Chosen largely for the quality of its own signature meat pie, the Lord Dudley has

TOP HOTELIER HONOURED IN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

Posted on May 20th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s best-known hoteliers has been awarded ‘Champion of Entrepreneurship’ in the prestigious Enrst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. [caption id="attachment_2487" align="alignright" width="493"] Jenny & Peter Hurley at the Melbourne Cup[/caption] Starting his career as a bank

HERITAGE HOTEL FALLS UNDER THE HAMMER

Posted on May 20th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A classic Queensland beauty will sadly go under the hammer next month, following Cyclone Marcia and a shift in the tides of fortune for the owner. Will Fowles bought Rockhampton’s Heritage Hotel in 2005, and survived several swings in the