PUBS UP BOTTLES DOWN: ENDEAVOUR FULL YEAR RESULTS

Endeavour has pointed to a ‘renaissance’ in people going to pubs to explain its decline in trading, as it posts its worst financial results since listing on the ASX. The company (ASX:EDV), spun out of Woolworths in 2021, holds a

INVESTOR SELLING RESTAPLED LAWSON PARK

The combined business and freehold of Mudgee’s landmark Lawson Park Hotel are being offered for the first time in years, along with adjacent properties, hinting at major development potential.   The two-storey LPH was built in 1860 and occupies a

NEW NAME INTO NAPIER

One of Fitzroy's favourites has been sold for the first time in nearly three decades, as Guy Lawson passes the title of the Napier Hotel to a new entrant to pubs. Established in 1866 under the same moniker on the

MILESTONE BOUNTY FOR HARVEST

Hospitality investment manager and operator Harvest Hospitality has cashed in some capital, parting with both the Milestone Hotel in Dubbo and Aussie Inn in Adelaide. Located in the south Adelaide suburb of Hackham, the Aussie Inn was one of the

GREENSBOROUGH GOES TO MARKET: FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS

A rare freehold going concern has hit the market in Melbourne, with long-term owners the Francis family listing the land and operation of the Greensborough Hotel for the first time in over 30 years. Originally known as the Farmers Arms

YOUNG GOES REGIONAL IN RECORD DEAL

Sydney-based Wallaby turned hotelier Bill Young has signed on for Jim Knox’s landmark Gem Hotel in Griffith, in what is said to be a record regional pub sale. The Gem is in the heart of the Griffith CBD, believed to

GANGLAND SHOOTING AT SYDNEY PUB

Sydney has been rocked by a “brazen” gangland-style shooting at the Harold Park Hotel that left one man dead and another fighting serious gunshot wounds. Around 6.40pm on Sunday emergency services were called to the pub in Forest Lodge, to

SALE AND LEASEBACK GROWTH PLANS FOR FRANCIS

Melbourne-based Francis Venues is executing a sale-and-leaseback on its recently acquired Kings Head Tavern in South Hurstville, offering a freehold for an investor and growth capacity for the group. Situated on a 1,334sqm corner of a major intersection of Kings

BELLS RINGS FOR SAXON GROUP

A group led by ex-CUB CEO Peter Filipovic has broken the Victorian gaming drought, buying a rare freehold going concern in the institutional Bells Hotel of South Melbourne. Bells is a landmark pub on a commanding corner of the busy