Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

GREYHOUND RACING CARNAGE CONTINUES

Posted on April 15th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The blood bath continues in the greyhound racing industry as an already banned trainer is jailed for intimidating a key witness. The Four Corners expose in mid-February that showed clandestine footage of trainers including well-known identities using possums, rabbits and

BEER DRINKERS WARNED: CRAP BEER COMING

Posted on April 15th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney craft brewers have helped bring attention to climate change by making a nasty beer – Drought Draught. Earth Hour commissioned GPY&R to draw attention to the plight of climate change and rural conditions by engaging craft beer aficionados Young

MERIVALE MARCHES INTO NEWTOWN

Posted on April 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

With the ink still drying on his Newport Arms acquisition, Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has leapt into Newtown with the purchase of the Queen Victoria Hotel. [caption id="attachment_1959" align="alignright" width="313"] Chris Hogarth & Patrick Friesen[/caption] Very close to Newtown station on

NEWHAVEN HOTELS OFFLOADS KEY ASSET TO LAUNDYS

Posted on April 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The publicly listed Newhaven Hotels has divested another pub from its portfolio, selling the Bateau Bay Hotel to Laundy Hotels for $11 million. Speaking to PubTIC, Newhaven chairman Fred Kelly said the timing was right. “The directors of Newhaven believe

PUB STAFF GUILTY OVER DUI DEATH

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A landmark case that saw hotel staff charged after a drunk patron died in a road crash has reached trial, but the hangover isn’t over yet. [caption id="attachment_1899" align="alignright" width="309"] Anthony Read. Image: The Islander[/caption] In mid-2013 Kangaroo Island resident

KEYSTONE’S NEWTOWN SERVES UP ANOTHER CIDER FAIR

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The Newtown Hotel is running its second annual cider festival this weekend, as crafty drinkers continue to lap up the growing category. Located in the highly gentrified and almost dangerously hipster inner-Sydney suburb of Newtown, the eponymous hotel stands on

AUSSIE TECH PAYMENT SYSTEM TAPPING INTO BEER LOVERS

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Amid the noise of products and software around POS and loyalty systems, Australian company Clipp is fast becoming the option of choice for a lot of Sydney venues. Fundamentally, Clipp gives patrons a quick, convenient way of paying a bar

CLOSE OR LOSE MONEY FOR EASTER. WHO’S THE BUNNY?

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

As businesses around the country lick the wounds inflicted on P&L by the Easter weekend, the debate around penalty rates continues to brand employers the ‘bad guys’. In terms of public opinion, the problem would largely appear to stem from

BOUNCERS NEAR KILL KNIFE-WIELDING PATRON

Posted on April 8th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

In what could have been a scene from underbelly, a pack of nightclub bouncers from Melbourne’s upmarket CQ Hotel chased down and nearly stabbed to death a patron with his own knife. Career bouncer Remzi Orcanoglu was granted bail in

MORE MELBOURNE PUB ROYALTY COMES TO MARKET

Posted on April 8th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Another Melbourne pub icon has hit the market offering investors an “opportunity of imperial proportions”. Situated on the city’s best-known CBD corner – Bourke and Spring Streets – the Imperial Hotel is adjacent to Chinatown and directly opposite Parliament House,