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WATERING HOLE GOES AGAIN IN COOKS HILL

Industry veterans Ashton Waugh and Ben Lawler have teamed up again on another Cooks Hill pub, taking the keys to the Cricketers Arms Hotel. Set on a 933sqm site, the pub incorporates public bar, bistro, gaming room with 11 machines

PAYMENT REFORMS LEAVE VENUES PICKING UP THE BILL

Australia's pubs and clubs are facing another cost-of-doing-business challenge following the removal of card payment surcharges, with concerns that promised savings for consumers could instead mean higher prices, new ordering fees and further pressure on venue margins. The changes, effective

LEGENDS GATHER TO PROTECT A LEGEND

Scores of legend pubs of the Hotel Care Foundation have banded together to raise over a quarter million dollars in the ‘Protect a Legend’ appeal for prostate cancer research and care. HCF (Vic) is made up of more than 200

REDCAPE BOLSTERS COASTAL PORTFOLIO WITH CAVES BEACH

Redcape Hotel Group has gone coastal, acquiring Caves Coastal Bar & Bungalows in Lake Macquarie from the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels. Caves Beach Hotel resides on nearly a full hectare of unobstructed oceanfront in the popular and growing seaside precinct,

RSL RAMS HOME SALE TO HEMMES

RSL NSW has completed its $19 million “flash sale” of former sub-branch headquarters The Barracks to hospitality juggernaut Merivale – ahead of schedule – after a special resolution and new members’ voting rights nullified. The Barracks, at 5-7 Barrack St,