UK CLOSES AGAIN: ONE THIRD OF PUBS MAY NOT REOPEN

Due to a massive resurgence in coronavirus cases since mid-September, the United Kingdom has again gone into total lockdown, closing all pubs in a second attempt to get the pandemic under control. The nationwide lockdown came into effect again on Thursday (5 November), currently scheduled for the next four weeks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says

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FORRESTER’S BACK TO LIFE UNDER APPLEJACK

Hamish Watts and Ben Carroll’s Applejack Hospitality has reopened institutional Sydney pub Forrester’s following an extensive makeover.  Located on the corner of Riley and Foveaux Streets in Surry Hills, established in 1921, the pub was previously one of Jaime Wirth’s Drink n’ Dine trio sold to Australian Venue Co, then known as Dixon Hospitality, in

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WORLD GAMING MACHINE COUNT SEES AUSTRALIA SLIP

The latest global count of poker machines has found Australian numbers have fallen, now less than five per cent of the number in the country with the most machines.  The Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) first commissioned the World Count of Gaming machines in 1999. Information is sourced from regulatory bodies, government sources, private company research,

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ALH PARADISE IN EDEN

Ending a quarter-century in the beer garden of Eden, the Murray family has sold its hospitality portfolio including the Great Southern Hotel to Australian Leisure & Hospitality. The family began business in the town in 1984, going on to acquire a clutch of hospitality operations, the flagship being the handsome two-storey Great Southern (GSH), which

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