Yesterday was R U OK day, when hospitality workers and management are encouraged to pause and consider the mental health of colleagues, and the state of problems in the industry. International research has shown hospitality workers suffer high rates of mental health issues. In 2017, a startling 563 hospitality workers took their own lives in […]
This week North Sydney Council became the first in New South Wales to ban all smoking outdoors, bringing new challenges for pubs and people indulging in a legal activity. Following consideration and submissions from stakeholders and the general public, North Sydney Council (NSC) voted to bring a total smoking ban to the North Sydney CBD.
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New research on the impacts of financial stress cites significant problems amongst hospitality workers, and detriment to business amounting to billions per year. Research conducted for AMP Bank on the saving habits of those in the hospitality industry found many workers live with little or no financial buffer, in a negative trend going back more
Online digital service White Pages Connect reports the majority of pubs have no or incorrect key details online about their business. White Pages Connect (WPC) – a subsidiary of Sensis – allows businesses to publish and update details across a large number of information sites at once. This includes all the most popular search engines
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Justin Hemmes is leading the charge to free the capital from the shackles of subjugation, declaring steps to reinvigorate Sydney’s world-class destination status. The CBD and Kings Cross precincts that were once alive at night with throngs of patrons have steadily faded under the cloud of Sydney’s restrictive regulations, quashing late-night trade and hamstringing hospitality
The NSW government has announced its latest ‘review’ into Sydney’s stifling lockout laws, likely to continue the tradition of finding new reasons to justify misplaced reasoning that has cost the city and businesses tens of billions. The popularly termed ‘lockout’ laws refer to a fleet of restrictions on trade in hospitality businesses in the Sydney
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By Sam Trattles The key to successful partnerships is to first look inward, then step up to the negotiating table. Here are five areas of focus to help channel your thinking, so you know where you have flexibility. Know why you want to use sponsorship as part of your marketing mix. Are you looking for
Pub king Arthur Laundy and his massive new Marsden Brewhouse are back in the headlines and the talk of the greater west, after outraged locals took offense to the (new) dress regulations. The $45 million pub-brewery is the result of a streamlined 12-month build and six decades of Laundy’s experience and accumulated skin in the
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On Friday night venues across Sydney went silent at 6pm in an attempt to increase awareness amongst the patronage public of the plight of Sydney’s faded nightlife. A campaign led by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) called on pubs and bars to cease service, turn up the lights and the music down, with licensees
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ALH’s Royal Oak Hotel is the subject of commentary suggesting the world has “gone mad” with political correctness, after a 72-year-old regular was banned for commenting on a staffer wearing shorts in a heatwave. Leonard Lee is a retired screenwriter, best known for the 1992 hit animated film Blinky Bill, as well as award-winning documentaries
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