Business & Trade

NEW DRUG DECRIMINALISATION LAWS AND PUBS

Posted on October 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality businesses are feeling mixed reactions to the start of new laws decriminalising personal use amounts of all drugs, in the nation’s capital. In 2020 the ACT legalised personal use amounts of cannabis, and the following year the drug bill was

STONEGATE ROLLS OUT SURGE PRICING

Posted on September 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Britain’s largest pub group has announced the introduction of controversial ‘surge’ pricing on drinks at its busiest venues, with inflation-tainted patrons not happy. Stonegate Group keeps 4,500 venues, including chains Yates’s and the Slug & Lettuce. In the six months

DATA TIPS BIG BUSINESS FOR DEBUT KING’S LONG WEEKEND

Posted on June 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Tech-based booking system ResDiary has analysed customer trends across key public holidays to help hospitality businesses balance costs for the upcoming inaugural King’s Birthday. Public holidays can be a mixed blessing for hospitality, with the potential for an influx of

QUEENS WHARF HOTEL WINS OVER NOISE COMPLAINTS

Posted on May 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle’s Queens Wharf Hotel has won a battle with noisy locals over its live music, with a ruling by Liquor & Gaming dismissing the complaint. Stretching out over the water at Wharf Rd, the Hotel has been in operation since

WHAT BUDGET 2023 MEANS FOR PUBS

Posted on May 10th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Albanese government and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have handed down the Budget for 2023, bringing economic prudence in the wake of the pandemic, and positives for employment and hospitality. The government expects economic growth to slow from 3.25 per cent

ALH HEADS TO THE BEACH

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The ACCC has ruled Australia’s largest publican is allowed to proceed with the acquisition of the Beachfront Hotel. News came in May 2022 that Endeavour Group (ASX:EDG) had signed to buy the popular hangout just north of Darwin. The deal

BRISBANE COUNCIL LOOKS TO REVIEW MANTLE GROUP LEASES

Posted on February 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane City Council is understood to be reviewing the lease agreements on prime CBD locations with Mantle Group, pending the results of the investigations into its controversial staff payment arrangements. Last month news emerged that the Mantle Group had dismissed

BEER TAX RISING AGAIN, AS INFLATION EASES

Posted on January 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The twice-annual beer excise is set to ratchet up again this week, finding continued cries for leniency as Australia clocks undesirably high inflation and marks the biggest annual beer tax increase in decades. The excise duty is the tax per

VICTORIA ROLLING OUT MORE CASH TO DINE AND PLAY

Posted on September 21st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The Victorian government has launched round two of its program to get punters into venues, offering up to $125 refund on dining and entertainment bills. The new $25 million Eat, Play, Cash Back voucher scheme was launched this week, with

RATCHET TAX INCREASE ON BEER HITS 30-YEAR HIGH

Posted on August 5th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s ratcheting tax on draught beer has risen again, this time representing the biggest increase in more than three decades, prompting further debate amid economic constraints. The world has been experiencing uncomfortably high inflation post-pandemic, largely as a result of