Pub Relations

MELBOURNE PUB GROUP SUE McDONALD’S AROUND THE CORNER

Posted on August 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
An institutional Melbourne pub group is taking on American fast food giant McDonalds over a copyright and trademark infringement of The Corner. Swancom P/L has for years operated the immensely popular live music venues Northcote Social Club and The Corner

RIVERSDALE LOOK TO FUTURE AS INDUSTRY FLIES

Posted on August 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Back from the very public sell-down of the bulk of its portfolio, Riversdale is looking to its future and further acquisitions, as the group celebrates a milestone in operations. Riversdale is group operator for John Singleton, Geoff Dixon and Mark

COOPERS HOTEL SACKS GM OVER SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted on July 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Newtown’s popular and long-established Coopers Hotel has found itself in the hot media spotlight over a Facebook post that seemed to suggest violence against women in the name of the NRL finals. Just two days ago (Wednesday 18 July) Gary

ABBOTT’S GETS DIRT OVER HIPSTER BAN

Posted on July 6th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Everyman’s publican, Bill Smith, is again riding the publicity wave with an announcement that Abbott’s Hotel Waterloo has put hipsters on notice, banning man-buns and handlebar moustaches. Lurking just south of the CBD and increasingly gentrified Redfern, Waterloo is still

PATRONS BEHAVING BADLY

Posted on June 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A spate of serious violent incidents in pubs in eastern capitals has brought hospitalisations and partial amputations. On Friday night, emergency services were called to an Irish pub on Goulburn Street, on reports of two men fighting. A 24-year-old man

ARSON AT PETERSHAM PUB

Posted on June 4th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Police and emergency services were called to a fire at the Petersham Inn around 1:20am overnight after receiving reports of smoke coming from the building. The pub on Parramatta Road was closed at the time, but Fire & Rescue NSW

ALH INVESTIGATES GAMING PRACTISES AS SHAREHOLDERS PONDER INVESTMENTS

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The controversy over ALH’s gaming room practises continues, but at least one stakeholder has voted with financial results over purported ethical obstacles. Earlier this year anti-pokies campaigner Andrew Wilkie MP unveiled allegations that Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), majority owned

MASSIVE MERIVALE MONTH AS SYDNEY NIGHTLIFE LOOKS TO REVIVAL

Posted on May 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has announced a monster Happy Hour throughout June across all its venues – as the City of Sydney convenes the much-awaited Nightlife Advisory Panel. For all of June, the trailblazing Merivale presents Bottoms Up, Sydney, offering 49 per cent

UK’S BIGGEST PUB GROUP SHUNS SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted on April 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
By Kylie Kennedy Love it or hate it, Facebook seems to be hanging around (unlike My Space). What started out as a social networking tool amongst students at Harvard University has expanded into one of the biggest websites worldwide, with

HOSPITAL CAN WAIT: STABBED MAN RETURNS TO PUB

Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A Cabulture man has demonstrated the importance of beer, returning to a Queensland pub after a fight with a knife sticking out of his back. Earlier this month, two men were kicked out of a pub in Beerwah, around an