WYNNE WYNNE IN ROYAL RICHMOND
In an era dominated by corporate consolidation, long-time owners Mal Russell and family have divested their big Richmond landmark to in-limbo industry stalwarts Peter and Karen Wynne, for a hot market price. Built 1848, the Royal Hotel occupies a generous
PUBS CLOSE AS EVA IN HANDS OF LIQUIDATORS
Entertainment Venues Australia has been put into liquidation, leaving in doubt the future of its five operations in the South Australian capital. News initially broke that two of its pubs, Kent Town’s Royal Terrace Hotel and The Glenelg Pier Hotel,
COMISKEYS BRING HISTORY AND FUTURE TO SAMFORD HOTEL
The award-winning Comiskey Group has announced its latest endeavour, beginning with taking ownership of the Samford Valley Hotel. The family-owned Queensland company boasts a history of strategic operations in hotels and shopping centres spanning more than 30 years, as seen
EARND OFFERS STAFF AND BUSINESSES FLEXIBLE PAY
Leading human resource and payroll software and services provider Ascender has announced partnership with “flexible pay provider” Earnd to offer Australian businesses and employees the benefits of accessing wages as they are earned. More than 700,000 Australian employees are
VENUES BUSTED FOR INTOX AND MINOR GAMING
Regulators have kick-started the financial year with decisions against two licensed venues, over allowing intoxication, and a minor operating a gaming machine. The NSW District Court last week heard an appeal from the licensee of Bathurst’s Elephant & Castle Hotel
HANDY TAKES UP FIGHT FOR BEYOND BLUE
Pub professional and part-time pugilist Sam Handy of HTL Property took the fight to the ring on Friday night, overcoming a sizeable height and weight disadvantage in the name of Beyond Blue. The quiet-spoken and charitably proportioned Mr Handy joined
WEIGHTS & MEASURES TARGETING PUBS
Pubs are one of four sectors to be targeted in this year’s National Compliance Plan, checking consumers are getting what they pay for. The 2019-20 National Compliance Plan from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) will focus on licensed premises, supermarkets,
FEROS UNVEILS ALL-NEW UNION PLACE HOTEL
John Feros’ JDA Hotels has announced the opening of its large-scale pub development at the former Jannali Inn, welcoming Union Place Hotel to the Shire. Feros acquired the Jannali Inn in 2015, from builder-operators the Durkin family, who built the
YENDA HOTEL A CONTENDER
After two decades at the wheel, Lance Gilbert has put up his beloved pub in mid-western NSW. Gilbert spent time in Yenda as a youth, his family operating a farm close to town. His mother had been brought up in
THE BRUNNY IS TRULY NO MORE
On what would have been its tenth birthday, Melbourne live music doyen the Brunswick Hotel has announced it will never reopen. In the early hours of a Thursday, 22 March 2018, a car collided with and sheared off a fire