UKrazy: BEAUTY QUEEN PUNCH-UP AND RUING ROUGHEST PUBS LOST
Despite Australia’s archival links to the UK, pubs in Britain vary somewhat from here, if not the rest of the world – as seen in a Miss England finalist fracas, and the ‘Newlyn knockout’ house specialty. The height of summer,
WALKER DOUGLAS AND CALLEN OFFER UP SINGLETON SOVEREIGNTY
The Walker Douglas Group has teamed up with Callen Hotels to offer the freehold going concern of Singleton’s handsome Imperial Hotel. The ‘Impy’ Singleton overlooks main drag John Street, just off the New England Highway through town, around an hour’s
PRIVATE BUYER SNAPS UP HARBOUR VIEW
The freehold Harbour View Hotel has sold to a private buyer thought to be looking at its real estate prospects in Sydney’s historic The Rocks. A high net worth individual believed to be from the provedore sector has paid close
TWO MEN SENTENCED OVER COWARDLY KILLING
Two men have been jailed for causing the death of a man in a drunken act of cowardice outside a Newman pub. In August 2016, 45-year-old Nathan Haynes was with friends at big regional pub the Newman Hotel, aka The
PUB ACCEPTS $640k TAX DEBT
The proprietors of well-known Brisbane pub Gilhooleys have dropped a legal bid against the ATO disputing its large outstanding tax bill. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was seeking by statutory demand $641,604 over unpaid self-assessed GST and Pay As You
NEW ERA FOR OLD FITZ
Tonight sees curtains up for Jaime Wirth and partners’ reincarnation of Woolloomooloo’s famous Old Fitzroy Hotel, with selected new complementing the polished act. For the past few years, since selling his Drink n’ Dine portfolio, Wirth has joined with Michael
ARISTOCRAT TAKING AINSWORTH TO COURT
Poker machine giants Aristocrat and Ainsworth are headed to Federal Court in a battle over alleged breaches of intellectual property law. Aristocrat Technologies initiated legal proceedings last week against Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT) for what is sees as strategic theft
PATRON FOILS BANDIT WITH MACHETE
CCTV caught a patron fighting off a machete-wielding bandit in a Gold Coast pub with a stool and a pot plant. Local Andrew Ormsby was enjoying an evening in the Mermaid Beach Tavern around 12:45am Friday when he heard a
FINANCIAL STRESS BURDENS WORKERS AND BUSINESS
New research on the impacts of financial stress cites significant problems amongst hospitality workers, and detriment to business amounting to billions per year. Research conducted for AMP Bank on the saving habits of those in the hospitality industry found many
A FRIEND IN HAND IS YOUNG AGAIN
Former Wallaby Bill Young has resumed Glebe legend the Friend In Hand, buying back from long-term owners the Byrne family. William Kevin Young was a loose-head prop during the golden era of Australian rugby, playing 46 tests over a six-year
