THE VIC AVOCA FACING PERMANENT CLOSURE
Another of Victoria’s historic yet unprotected pubs will soon be no more, with operators of The Vic in Avoca sadly announcing its impending permanent closure. Stuart Diggerson and his father Steve took on The Vic in 2015. The family has
NED KELLY STICKS UP PUB IN WESTON
After a couple of crazy years and several more acquisitions, Ned Kelly and gang are getting out of their Criterion Hotel in the lower Hunter Valley prairie of Weston. Sitting tall on a 910sqm block, the pub operates under a
AVC ISSUE PUB CASTING CALL
Australian Venue Co has launched an innovative recruitment campaign across multiple states, looking for staff at all levels and offering incentives and hiring on the spot. AVC is the second largest hospitality group in the country, and largest across Australia-New
ALH GOLD ON OFFER IN ADELAIDE
A private family has listed two blue-chip ALH-tenanted pubs in Adelaide, as investor interest in hospitality assets shows little sign of slowing. The Highbury Hotel, and Village Tavern in Golden Grove, count a combined landholding of 19,818sqm, and both hold
LONG-HELD ANCIENT BRITON HEADS TO MARKET
Glebe’s landmark Ancient Briton Hotel has been listed as the pub real estate market begins to ease, following one of the most transactional years in NSW on record. Prominently perched on a high-profile corner of Bridge Street and Glebe Point Road,
THE FOX FLOODED, BUT STILL KICKING
Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and
FOOD PRICE INFLATION HITS RECORD HIGHS IN THE UK
The UK has experienced a record high in food and drink price inflation in hospitality, hitting 15 per cent for the first time in the 30 years of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (CGA PFPI). Similarly in Australia, fruit
AHA BACKS SPORTS BETTING CO ENTAIN IN TABCORP MONOPOLY
The Australian Hotels Association NSW has entered a major new partnership with one of the world’s largest sports betting groups, Entain, creating competition in Tabcorp’s monopoly market. Entain Australia is a new AHA NSW top-tier ‘Principal’ partner, alongside only TAB
PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR KELLY’S PEAK INVEST PUBS FUND
Investors in Damian Kelly’s Peak Invest pub fund are taking him to task in the NSW Supreme Court, seeking more than a million dollars be repaid even after the portfolio sold at more than 1.5 times book value. A former
FORMER EMPLOYEE NABBED FOR STEALING CASH BOX
Police have arrested a man after a brazen mid-morning robbery from a hotel in Cambridge Park. At around 10:45am on 24 September, a man entered the gaming room of the Overlander Hotel Motel Cambridge Park, a Top-150 gaming pub, and
