PLASTICS BAN LOOMS FOR NSW AND VICTORIA
New South Wales and Victoria are joining the states that have already banned the use of single-use plastics, and venues are being forced to make provision in day-to-day operations. What is dubbed ‘single-use plastics’ make up around a third of
PUBLICANS STILL POTTY OVER NORTHERN NSW
The NSW north coast continues to run red hot, in the form of the Pottsville Tavern of Pottsville, snapped up by a prominent and growing hotelier. Opening in 1999, on an 8,000sqm lot near Pottsville Beach and Moobal Creek, on
BROKEN HILL GOLD AT THE ASTRA
The big, bold Astra Hotel of Broken Hill has hit the market as a long-time owner focuses on the west. The two-storey Astra Hotel is one of Broken Hill's best-known venues, on a prime CBD corner site of 1,012sqm with
KICKON HIT THE MARK IN TOWNSVILLE
Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has announced its expansion into northern Queensland and new partner Bart Furst, in acquisition of Townsville’s The Watermark. The Watermark, in the heart of Townsville tourist hotspot The Strand, features a relaxed sports bar and contemporary
NEW RELEASE HEARTBREAK PINOT GIN FINDING TRUTH IN NAME
Acclaimed Victorian distillery Bass & Flinders has put forth its much anticipated second release of the sell-out Heartbreak Pinot Gin, in a nod and complement to the ‘Heartbreak’ grape. The distillery’s inaugural release of Heartbreak Pinot-Noir Gin sold out in
LORD ROBERTS UP FOR GRABS
Darlinghurst icon the Lord Roberts Hotel is for sale as a freehold going concern, for the first time in close to a century. A ‘Public House’ first appeared on the Stanley Street site in 1871, named the Shannon Hotel. In
THE FRIEND FINDS COLOSIMO IN NEED
Glebe stalwart the Friend In Hand Hotel has been sold by Wallaby publican Bill Young to Marcello Colosimo’s Momento Hospitality. In a return to fortune, Young bought the pub in 2019 for around $10 million. His father and the Young
EASY-PREP MEALS OFFERING PUBS EASY SOLUTIONS
Food Equity Group (FEG) is supplying pubs with easy-prep meal solutions in popular styes, which don’t require a chef or special equipment. FEG’s ‘Smoky Addiction’ and ‘Sticky Addiction’ product packs contain everything required for the serve, including sauces and meat.
PIPER LANDS MEREWETHER’S BEACH
Property guru Glenn Piper has sealed the deal on Andrew Lazarus’ magnificent Beach Hotel at Merewether, in another new record for the Newcastle region. The large-format heritage-listed pub occupies a 1,850sqm site just three kilometres from the Newcastle CBD, with
PENDLE INN HOTEL THE LATEST BIG WESTERN SYDNEY SALE
Another big western Sydney pub has sold, with a private family the latest riding the gravy train on skyrocketing values through sale of their rail-side Pendle Inn Hotel. Established in the 1950s by the vendors, the pub’s sale now represents
