Clyde Mooney

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Ipswich and the Ulster Hotel lose local legend

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The historically rich Queensland city of Ipswich sadly marked a new chapter in its narrative with the recent passing of local legend and stalwart pub professional, Norma Flannery. A commemoration of her life took place at Ipswich's St Mary’s Church

App technology makes recruitment more Workible

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Recruitment is often cited as one of the most taxing and time-consuming aspects of running a hospitality business. A company called Workible has struck upon the concept of leveraging the power of social media and smartphones to simplify the process

Perth is finding a “more cultured consumer” – Andy Freeman

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Reflecting the Western capital’s coming of age as an international city, Perth licensee Andy Freeman recognises the market for sophistication in the mining State. Cutting his teeth in demanding establishments such as Marco Pierre White’s Titanic Bar in London, Freeman

Pubs benefiting from development wave: CBRE

Posted on January 21st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
CBRE Hotels offices around Australia say pubs will benefit in both trade and value from the wave of development activity taking place around the country. With property sales and developments in Melbourne and Perth reaching new levels of activity, the opportunities

Country pubs need good food too

Posted on January 21st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Gippsland publican has enjoyed a big turnaround at his latest pub, and lauds the value of quality tucker and good beer. Taking over the Meeniyan Hotel last June, new owners the Willcocks were planning a new food and beer

Coogee Rooftop takes outdoors venues to new level

Posted on January 21st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale revealed the latest stage of Coogee Pavilion in time for New Years’ Eve, ushering in both a new year and a new high in rooftop concept spaces. Just six months after the re-opening of the venue, the next stage

WHO data reveals true global guzzlers

Posted on January 21st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
WHO data shows that Australians are definitely not the biggest drinkers when compared to global consumption across beer, wine and spirits. Using data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Ghost in the Data released an interactive web page that shows

Diversity is increasing the foodie pie: Hemmes

Posted on January 19th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Fashion company descendent and acclaimed pub innovator Justin Hemmes spoke exclusively with PubTIC, and lauded the virtues of the fine-dining revolution for the industry. It’s no secret the ‘Masterchef factor’ has had an influence on hospitality establishments in recent years,

Penalty Rates & Small Business: Why it’s time for change

Posted on January 19th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
By Bradley Woods – CEO of the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) WA Whether politicians like it or not, laws cannot be legislated free of future obsolescence, because change is inevitable. Australian penalty rate laws are obsolete because the social and