AUS. VENUE CO. UNVEILS NEW SMITH ST SOCIAL
Australian Venue Company (AVC) has pounced on another new venue, remodelling and rebranding the retired Rorkes to become the sophisticated, all-occasion Smith St Social. AVC continues its strategic acquisitions, eyeing long-term prospects for the growing portfolio, backed by New York-based
AB INBEV SELLS CUB TO ASAHI
The world’s biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), has agreed to sell Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) to Asahi for $AU16 billion. Talks on the deal began in April, between Lazard for ABI and Rothschild for Asahi. Agreement was reached this
INAUGURAL BOGAN FEST FINDS ‘WINNERS’
The inaugural Australia's Biggest Bogan Festival took place on the weekend, with Parkes’ Cambridge Hotel joining Forbes’ Post Office Hotel, the Condobolin Hotel and the Railway Hotel in Bogan Gate for sweat-stained heats and finals. Dressed-up wannabes listlessly clutched warm
LONGEST PUB NAME REOPENS BESIDE SHORTEST
Two record-holding British pubs have been unwittingly brought together, offering visitors to Stalybridge the pub with the longest name in the country beside the one with the shortest. In 1880, in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer
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
