DORE CLOSES ON GREAT SOUTHERN OPPORTUNITY
Berry's Great Southern Hotel has been sold for $6 million to a consortium fronted by well-known Sydney publican Ged Dore, in another example of the continued strength of NSW’s coastal market. Dore already owns an enviable portfolio of food &
GOOD TIMES SEEING DOUBLE IN ARMIDALE
Good Times Industries has doubled down in Armidale, adding the two-storey Grand Hotel to its local portfolio. This year enjoying its centennial, the stately Grand occupies a generous corner lot of Rusden and Ohio streets, in the heart of town.
IRIS INVESTS IN IVANHOE
In an early contender for the biggest national deal of 2021, Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has bought the northern beaches’ stately Ivanhoe Hotel on Manly Corso. Trading over three manicured levels, the Ivanhoe has long been a staple of the
STRONG HALF-YEAR RESULTS FOR REDCAPE
Listed pub entity Redcape Hotel Group (ASX:RDC) has announced strong financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2020, and a return to “full growth strategy” backed by a strong balance sheet. Highlights for 1H21 included an increase in statutory
RIVERINA QUALITY ADDRESSING PUB MENUS
Buoyed by the boom in foodservice in pubs around the country, award-winning family-owned Riverina producer Morella Grove is expanding its market in commercial cooking. Morella Grove is best known for its awarded Extra Virgin Olive Oil*, but produces a range
SHORT AND LAUNDY SPLASH AT LENNOX HEAD
The impressive, beachside Lennox Hotel has been bought by a partnership between Fraser Short and Stu Laundy, ushering in a new flagship for local aspirations. The latest Short-Laundy hospitality consortium bought the large-format pub from the private Campbell and Lister
BIG BERESFIELD TAVERN AND BOTTLO LISTED
The Beresfield Tavern and Bottle Barn have come to market, as accidental publican Craig Herbert looks to a return to his former love. Beresfield is a Lower Hunter Region town of over 3,000 people, roughly 23 kilometres north-west of Newcastle,
BEWARE THE ZOMBIE PUB
Article supplied by Ryan Bradbury, manager at specialist accountants Nicols & Brien. It’s likely you will have seen headlines screaming about “Zombie businesses facing the cliff” once the government’s COVID-19 funding packages come to a close in March. While there may
VICTORIA SNAPS SHUT AGAIN
Announcement came today Victoria will go into lockdown again for five days, from midnight tonight, in a designated “short, sharp circuit-breaker” to stem the spread of the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus. Striving to prevent spread into the community
CELEBS RAISING MONEY TO HELP BARS
High-profile celebrities turned booze ambassadors Ryan Reynolds, P Diddy and David Beckham have joined forces for a mission to help licensed venues that highlights why they should stick to their regular gigs. In the past decade it seems any A-lister