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PUBS ENLISTED FOR MEN’S HEALTH WEEK

Posted on May 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Andrology Australia is engaging with pubs to help Australian men toward better health and wellbeing by encouraging them to talk about themselves during this year’s Men’s Health Week. It’s an established fact that many men feel as though they cannot

CLOSE SHAVE FOR LAUNDY

Posted on May 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave continues as one of the world’s great charitable initiatives, this year counting Arthur Laundy and grandchildren into the ranks of the bald. The World’s Greatest Shave began in Lismore in 1998, inspired by a

PUBLICANS GEAR UP FOR VARIETY BASH

Posted on May 7th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The annual Variety Club race to raise money for children is gearing up for its 2018 expedition, joined by pubs and hoteliers including Iris Group’s Sam Arnaout in a vintage Valiant. The Newcastle Hunter sub-branch of the AHA NSW has

PUBLIC HOUSE SERVES UP ANOTHER BIG CHARITY EVENT FOR THE LADIES

Posted on March 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Public House Group is celebrating the results of its third annual Ladies Charity Luncheon, which this year was in support of Sydney-based women’s mentoring program, SISTER2sister. The invitation-only event on Friday (23 March) was fronted by Today host Georgie Gardner,

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST CROWD-FUNDED PUB NOW OPEN

Posted on March 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Sporting Globe Plenty Valley has burst open, the result of an “overwhelming” response to the group’s idea of Australia’s first crowd-funded pub. Courtesy of new crowdfunding legislation passed late last year, The Sporting Globe (TSG) launched a campaign through

MERIVALE PUTS ON A FEAST FOR THE LATE JEREMY STRODE

Posted on March 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has announced a special fund-raising dinner in support of the family of the late, great Jeremy Strode. [caption id="attachment_12690" align="alignright" width="307"] Jeremy Strode, at The Fish Shop[/caption] The renowned chef, creator of Bistrode CBD and culinary master of Merivale’s

LAUNDY BURGER CHALLENGE TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

Posted on February 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels is supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation throughout March, donating money from every one of their burgers sold from Boss Burgers of Sydney. Key Laundy pubs the Long Jetty Hotel, Plumpton Hotel, South Dubbo Hotel and head office

WOMEN TRADE HISTORIC COLBINABBIN PUB LEGACY

Posted on February 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The two women that saved the Colbinabbin Hotel have passed the baton to another two women, carrying on the legacy of the Victorian pub. The red brick pub has stood on the main road of Colbinabbin, about two hours north

PANANIA RUNS WITH PUB LEGACY

Posted on February 9th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Mark Malloy is leveraging his sporting connections to help his Panania Hotel become a beacon in community engagement. [caption id="attachment_12279" align="alignright" width="223"] Hosted by Panania Hotel, 6 July[/caption] Since purchasing the south-western suburban in mid-2015, Malloy has gone about reviving

THE SPORTING GLOBE CROWDFUNDING NEW PUB

Posted on February 7th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Under the shadow of a housing bubble and banks tightening the purse strings, the Sporting Globe Group is taking advantage of changes to regulations and attempting to crowd-fund its next pub instalment. The Sporting Globe (TSG) franchise already counts nine