Clyde Mooney

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BOUNCING BACK WITH SMALL BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING

Posted on July 14th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Albany Hotel is one of potentially many pubs that is in business today after legally wiping most of its debt, courtesy of Australia’s new-ish Small Business Restructuring (SBR) laws. Turning 60, Neville Walton went through with a long-held dream

TOWN HALL HOTEL BALMAIN SELLS AT AUCTION

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Balmain’s beleaguered Town Hall Hotel is back, after selling this week to a ‘restitutional’ investor as the Public Hospitality portfolio flounders. The Town Hall Hotel was built in 1888 on a corner of arterial Darling Street, opposite the suburb’s actual

HOW AUSSIE PUBS CAN OWN THE WINTER SEASON

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Despite inclement temperatures and flagging footfall, there are things operators can do to get patrons off the couch and in for a hot meal and good time. Paul Hadida, SevenRooms’ managing director APAC, offers some perspective for publicans looking to

PICKLED POSSUM ON THE BLOCK

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Institution of Sydney’s lower north shore, the Pickled Possum in Neutral Bay, is being sold as a vacant freehold going concern through receivers and managers. A staple of the precinct since 1981, the colourful, eclectic late-night karaoke bar, famous amongst

AVC PICKS UP HERVEY BAY ICON

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Fraser Coast favourite the Bayswater Bar & Grill in Hervey Bay has been sold to national operator Australian Venue Co, bringing the buzz to one of Queensland’s less frequently transacted hot spots. Positioned right on the water, the BB&G is

ALH EYES MASSIVE TOWER AT THE MORRISON

Posted on July 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
ALH is forging ahead with ambitious capitalisation plans, having submitted application to add a 30-storey hotel and residential tower above the historic Morrison Hotel. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is the hospitality arm of listed Endeavour Group, which holds the

HARVEST REAPS WINTER AT THE COURTHOUSE

Posted on July 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Harvest’s Courthouse Hotel in Tamworth is inviting guests to come and chill, out, with a resplendent Winter Wonderland promotion that includes ice skating. The Courthouse has been a Tamworth institution since 1876, and Harvest Hotels is ushering in its first

MANAGER SEEKS BIG PAYOUT FOR WORKPLACE INJURY

Posted on July 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A former manager of the Currumbin Hotel is suing for more than half a million dollars in damages, after slipping and falling, trying to locate a dead rat. According to a damages claim lodged with Southport District Court in June,

THE GENERATIONAL PRICING DIVIDE

Posted on July 4th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The latest Eat, Pay, Love Hospitality report outlines the most popular food and drink orders, and finds Australian hospitality dealing with a range of price expectations across generations. The 2025 Eat Pay Love report by Tyro Payments is drawn from

DURAL’S DUKE HEADS TO GOOD BEER

Posted on July 2nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Momento Hospitality has confirmed the sale of The Duke in Dural to John Azar’s Good Beer Company, for $25 million. The Duke was a brownfield site developed into a pub by Momento in 2020, during the time of COVID lockdowns,