Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

PUBLIC LANDS $400m REFINANCE, WITH CONDITIONS

Posted on May 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

High flying banker turned publican Jon Adgemis has secured a $400 million refinancing deal to save his floundering hospitality gambit, but will be forced to sell down. According to sources, an agreement has been reached this week with the group’s

HOLEY MOLEY EXITS ENMORE AND GOES NORTH

Posted on May 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The hilarity-hopped Holey Moley has closed in Newtown, as the double hit with Hijinx Hotel begins play again in Brisbane. Operator Funlab has been partnering putt putt with hospitality since 2016, best known for its brightly-coloured courses themed in 80s

UNDIES BANDIT ON THE LOOSE

Posted on May 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

A would-be bandit wearing budgie smugglers on his head is on the run from police, after an attempted hold-up of a pub in Port Melbourne. According to police, the man entered ALH’s Rex Hotel around 2.15am on Wednesday, 22 May.

HOTELIER CONVICTED OF STEALING MILLIONS FROM ABORIGINAL TRUST

Posted on May 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub. Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to

LEURA LISTED FOR PREMIUM PRICE

Posted on May 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

After less than two years, private owners have listed the handsome Leura Hotel in Camperdown with option to lease or buy. Found on the corner of Manifold and McNicol streets, the striking two-storey pub was built 1857. Ealy in the

OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white

LOCAL SYNDICATE TAKES MUDGEE’S PARAGON

Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

New locals have taken the Fitzgerald prize, adding Mudgee’s historic Paragon Hotel to their growing portfolio. Built 1857 amid the region’s goldrush, the hotel was originally known as the Bushman’s Home. Around a decade after it was established it was

NEW OWNER RESTORES HOPE TO HISTORIC CAPTAIN

Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Captains Flat Hotel has seen its share of ups and downs over the last nine decades, and with new owner Sharanne Witt it’s set to be on the rise again once it is back serving the locals next month. An

VICTORIAN HOSPITALITY NIGHT OF NIGHTS

Posted on May 22nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The annual highlight of Victorian hospitality took place Monday night as the industry’s best were honoured across 40 categories at the 2024 AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence. The Association welcomed 1,200 guests at Crown Palladium for the sold-out gala

PIT PONY TAVERN RIDES

Posted on May 22nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Retiring owner-operators have listed the Pit Pony Tavern and associated businesses in Collinsville, primed to capitalise on activity in the area. The Pit Pony is the only pub in Collinsville, on a 2,935sqm lot in the heart of town. It