COOPERS RELEASE VERY AUSTRALIAN IPA
Coopers is releasing a distinctly Australian IPA, with a little help from live, loud and local legend, Aussie rocker James Reyne. Australia’s largest independent family-owned brewery launches Coopers Australian IPA as a limited-edition release, in kegs and cans. As IPAs
NEWCASTLE LEGENDS BEHIND LAUNCH OF STEEL CITY BEER CO
Driven by the beating iron heart of Newcastle, Steel City Brewing Company has partnered with Lion to proclaim a brewery for the people of the Hunter, backed by some of the region’s biggest names. Steel City brings plans to
ROYAL FLUSH FOR QUINN & CO
A posse of publicans led by Newcastle-based Nicholas Quinn have purchased both the freehold going concern of Taree’s Royal Hotel and passive freehold of the nearby Australian Hotel in Wingham. The Royal Taree is a classic regional watering hole, offering
GRAND GOES TO MORTGAGEE SALE AFTER SUDDEN CLOSURE
The aptly named Grand Hotel of Bundaberg has come to market on behalf of a mortgagee in possession, shortly after closing less than a year since a major renovation. Image: Queensland Library The historic Grand occupies a large 2024sqm corner
STAFF SHORTAGE PROMPTING CASH FOR CHEFS
Lewis Group has announced it is offering a signing bonus of $2,500 for chefs as the industry feels the pinch of the labour shortage crisis. A Federal Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Migration was told this week of staff shortages
WILLOW SALE IN TIGHTENING MARKET
Peter Braithwaite has put to market his thriving Brisbane pub The Willow Hotel amid ongoing yield compression in the south-east Queensland marketplace. Located on a prominent corner block on bustling Beaudesert Road, The Willow is a modern suburban tavern over
ANOTHER WIN IN BATHURST
There’s more fresh blood into Bathurst courtesy of the second sale in a week, in the freehold going concern of the big Elephant & Castle Hotel. The Elephant sprawls across its generous 1,067sqm corner block, providing a public bar, commercial
NON-BANK LENDERS BRINGING BIGGER SLICE OF PUB PIES
As post-pandemic upset looms in the national market, the share of debt with non-bank lenders is predicted to surge in coming years, potentially becoming a critical component in new ownership structures. Analysis by consultancy firm Plan1 pits the market share
NEW INVESTMENT GROUP TAKES MPK PORT IN MASSIVE DEAL
The whole freehold going concern portfolio of MPK Hotels’ NSW pubs has sold to newly-formed syndicate Investment Management Group Hotels in the biggest deal of 2021 to date. MPK has divested the Royal Hotel at Orange, Dudley Hotel at Bathurst,
AVC PICKS UP A BIMBO
Australian Venue Co has continued its rebound strategy, taking Fitzroy institution Bimbo from Colonial Leisure. The ‘Bimbo’ of Melbourne has been serving its famous low-cost pizzas and providing late-night entertainment courtesy of its 3am licence to an eclectic mix of
