MANTLE PUTS UP TWO PIG n WHISTLES

The high-profile Mantle Group has listed another two of its flagship Pig N’ Whistle venues in Brisbane, as it faces media inquiry and a pivot to larger premises. Godfrey Mantle and wife Jenny oversee the large family-operated Queensland pub group,

SIGNATURE MOVE INTO DARLING HARBOUR BREWPUB

Melbourne-based pub group Signature Hospitality has burst into Sydney with purchase of All Hands brewpub in Darling Harbour from Red Rock Leisure. The site at 22 The Promenade was formerly the King St Brewhouse, built to showcase John Singleton’s Bluetongue

SINGLETON’S CRITERION JOINS HUNTER QUEST

Another Hunter Valley pub has ripened on the vine, finding itself sent to market by Geelong-based publican Zac O’Sullivan. The imposing, two-storey Criterion Hotel was established 1925, on a large block in the centre of the John Street retail precinct

DOYLES DIVEST FAMILY HOTEL AFTER 37 YEARS

The Doyle family are parting with their long-held and monikered Bridge Hotel in Mordialloc, as another stage of life unfolds. Career publican Peter Doyle leased and operated the Balaclava Hotel until its sale, whereupon he leased the Bridge from Carlton

REDCAPE SERVES STRONG HALF-YEAR RESULTS

Redcape has released its results for the first half of the financial year, boding well for its growth prospects and for the broader industry. Redcape Hotel Group Management (RHGM), responsible entity for the Redcape Hotel Group (ASX:RDC) portfolio, reported a

RIVERSDALE’S THE ELEPHANT TAKES TILLEY & WILLS TO QUEENSLAND

The Riversdale operated APF has completed its freehold “disposal strategy” in Brisbane, selling the voluminous The Elephant for over $20 million to Sydneysiders Simon Tilley and Nick Wills. Singleton, Dixon and Carnegie’s Australian Pub Fund (APF) has been strategically selling

McGUIRE HOTELS FORTUNE ON SHOW IN SUPREME COURT

The McGuire Hotels family fortune has been on show courtesy of a Supreme Court case, appealing to extend a family trust an additional 25 years as new generations enter the vast and expanding business. Patriarch and former policeman in Ireland,

KELLY GRABS GULGONG

Ned Kelly & Co have taken the second new pub in as many weeks, growing the Mudgee region portfolio with Gulgong’s Centennial Hotel. The 148-year-old Centennial stands at the town centre corner of Mayne and Medley Streets in Gulgong, home

HARVEST CASH OUT OF YASS

Harvest Hospitality has completed an exit from Yass with the quick-turnaround sale of the historic Australian Hotel. A pub opened on the site in 1863, named the Hibernian Hotel, owned and operated by former convict John Martin. It was renamed

GRAFTON FAMILY HOTEL ON OFFER

Continuing the run of northern NSW pubs looking for a new home, the Camptons have put up their handsome Roches Family Hotel in Grafton. The Roches is a two-storey sandstone and timber Federation-style structure on 988sqm at the corner of