Ongoing campaign Long Live The Local has released a hard-hitting video ad to highlight the plight of the great British pub – closing for good at the rate of three per day. Long Live The Local (LLTL) aims to highlight the social damage that comes when pubs close. It was launched mid-2018, with the backing […]
Hotels Have Hearts Illawarra achieved a milestone in its charitable efforts, with last week’s event tipping its total raised to beyond $1 million. Last Wednesday more than 300 publicans and community leaders gathered at Novotel Wollongong, organised through local publican and AHA NSW council delegate Mick Dennis. The evening saw $140,000 raised for two local
City North Liquor Accord is leading a charge amongst Sydney city venues to tap into their rural roots and big country hearts through Rural Aid’s ‘Buy a Bale’ initiative to help farmers struggling with the effects of the drought. Pubs around the country are once again showing their community spirit by banding together to help
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The Australian National University has released a massive online resource of images and information on pubs of Tooth & Co during the 20th century. One of Australia’s great brewery success stories, Tooth & Co. Ltd began in 1835 and remained a leader in the industry for over 150 years. Beginning operations at the legendary Kent
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 talk about their physical or mental health. A real or perceived lack of someone suitable
Merivale has announced a special fund-raising dinner in support of the family of the late, great Jeremy Strode. The renowned chef, creator of Bistrode CBD and culinary master of Merivale’s The Fish Shop, passed away mid-2017. He was survived by his wife, Jane, and their two boys. On 27 March the greatest collection of culinary
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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 of Melbourne, for more than 100 years. Around four years ago, the long-standing publican moved
Mark Malloy is leveraging his sporting connections to help his Panania Hotel become a beacon in community engagement. Since purchasing the south-western suburban in mid-2015, Malloy has gone about reviving and repositioning it as a traditional local for inhabitants of the region. Beyond the cosmetic and aesthetic upgrades inside and out, there is a new
Wagga publicans are driving change, banning trouble-makers precinct-wide and supplying aid to drought-stricken farmers. The hoteliers and licensees of the city of around 54,000 banded together eight years’ ago to form the Wagga Liquor Accord. They further undertook a ‘banned from one, banned from all’ initiative that has been praised by local authorities, and seen
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In an era where a venue’s branding and public persona are more important than ever before, the team of Scott Leach and Fraser Short are owning one of Sydney’s most trendy precincts. On the back of unveiling its renovated dining space Howard’s Cantina, Scott Leach’s Rose of Australia, in Erskineville, engaged social media and marketing
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