The Andrews Government in Victoria has this week announced two rounds of additional business support funding, including special provisions for hotels and pubs throughout the State. On Sunday a $3 billion package was announced and on Monday another $290 million program unveiled, much of this earmarked for a move toward hospitality transitioning to post-COVID conditions. […]
Prominent publican Alistair Flower and his partners have further added to their portfolio in the Hastings LGA with the purchase of the Beechwood Hotel. Richard and Kirsty Bloomfield moved to the area in 2013 and almost four years ago purchased the classic country pub, in the hinterland 30-minutes west of Port Macquarie. Prior the couple
The pride of Condobolin has hit the market, as its long-serving tenant turned owner-operator heads to pasture. Long-time AHA member Jimmy Clyburn has owned the Condobolin Hotel for 27 years. Prior to that he leased it for several years. Condobolin is a town of nearly 3,000 residents, 100 kilometres west of Parkes, or about six
Publicans, operators and owners have come together to plead with Government for clemency and more support if pubs are to survive, under the weight of the politicised Victorian response clutching at what could be overly ambitious targets. The urgent message from industry follows news of the permanent closure of the Mona Castle and Morning Star
Addressing the rising popularity of the Rosé spritz, Riot Wine Co has overcome the problems for venues and consumers with its spritz-in-keg solution. Riot Wine Co (RWC) created the R!OT Rosé Spritz in 2019, but notes the side-effects of the increasingly popular ‘spritz’ of high wastage and slow speed for venue owners, and inconsistency in
The good people of Morven have a reason to smile again with a clutch of locals opening a local pub – four years after the town’s original and only pub burned to the ground. Popular watering hole the Morven Hotel was destroyed by fire in 2016, leaving the town without a pub and no soul.
The De Angelis family has completed sale of its Bligh Park Tavern to another prominent hotel dynasty. Peter De Angelis’ family have owned the hotel for nearly two decades, amid a growing pub portfolio throughout greater Sydney, counting Burwood’s Bath Arms, Macarthur Tavern in Campbelltown and Green Valley Hotel in Miller. Last year they bought
Liquor & Gaming has forced the seven-day closure of Balmain’s Unity Hall Hotel following repeated breaches of the Public Health Order. The pub has now been fined a total of $10,000 by authorities over two occasions. Government has warned from the outset that repeated breaches could mean temporary closure orders for venues. According to L&G
The purgatory being felt in pubs in Victoria has claimed its first victims, with two popular Melbourne hotels announcing permanent closure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past decade and a half the historic Mona Castle Hotel in Footscray has been operated by Gary Clough. A few days ago he announced on
The hotel industry has reacted swiftly to yesterday’s announcement that Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions have been extended in a plan scheduled until the end of the year, as test results put some question on the cost versus benefit. The Victorian government’s plan is based in four stages slated for the next four months, classifying industry restrictions
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