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ALE SLUMPS ON NEWS BACKING NO RENT INCREASES

Posted on September 21st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
In a significant development for the increasing discussion around rent for tenants in the aftermath of COVID-19, the ASX-listed ALE Property Group announced it has taken a backward step in its quest for rental increases at many of its ALH-occupied

MATHIESON PREDICTS LONG RECOVERY AS ALH STRUGGLES

Posted on September 7th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Pub chieftain Bruce Mathieson predicts a long and bumpy recovery from COVID-19, as Australia’s biggest publican is further hammered by restrictions and shutdowns. In a recent interview with The Australian, Mathieson spoke of grave fears for the economic damage being

WOW PROFIT SLUMP BLAMED ON PUBS

Posted on August 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
ASX-listed supermarket giant Woolworths has reported a major profit reduction in its full year results for FY20, largely under the weight of the ALH portfolio being closed for months. Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) chief executive Brad Banducci offered that earnings had

CALLS FOR RENT REVIEWS AMID COMPROMISED TRADING

Posted on August 10th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Leading pub operators are calling on landlords for renegotiated conditions in the wake of COVID-19, prompted by the major losses in revenue across the board and second closure period for Melbourne. The call comes as news from research entity Morgan

ALH COPS HEAVY PENALTIES FOR NSW GAMING BREACHES

Posted on July 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
An extensive investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW has resulted in a massive fine and closure penalty for ALH after two of its NSW venues were found to have provided free drinks to gaming patrons. Australian Leisure & Hospitality, 75

WORKERS SHUN RETURN TO WORK

Posted on June 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
An employment challenge looms as pubs get back to work, finding laid-off workers content to receive the generous JobSeeker allowance rather than return to regular duties. Pioneering what has become a national policy, Western Australia moved to stage four of

JEALOUS BOYFRIEND JAILED OVER GLASSING

Posted on June 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A Perth pub-goer that smashed a glass into the face of another patron has been sent to prison for “grossly disproportionate” conduct. In October 2019 37-year-old David Grant Weir was drinking at ALH’s Brass Monkey Hotel in Northbridge with his

MANAGER GLASSED OVER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Posted on June 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A man was arrested this week for allegedly glassing a manager at ALH’s Boomerang Hotel after he was asked to leave an area of the pub due to COVID-19 restrictions. Police were called to a Hotel on Wagga Road at

BRIGHTON IN NEW HANDS AGAIN

Posted on June 3rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Brighton Hotel in Mandurah has kick-started real estate transactions again in Western Australia, selling to a local syndicate and operators as the State’s pubs reopen this week. Mandurah is WA’s largest regional city, found around 70 kilometres south of

HOSPITALITY CRISIS: STAGE 2 RESTRICTIONS AND CORPORATE CHAOS

Posted on March 25th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Stage Two of the Federal Government’s restriction measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 come into effect midnight (tonight) 25 March, as licensed venues scramble to find their place. The Stage Two measures see restrictions and closures of virtually all