COUGHLAN’S BOTANY VIEW LAUNCHES NEW LOOK

Following January’s announcement Paddy Coughlan’s Bourke St Group had purchased the Murphy’s Botany View Hotel, last weekend the pub celebrated its new look, with a double-dose of rock and party. The Murphys owned the Botany View Hotel (BVH) for 26

ID SCANNERS UNDER FIRE IN QLD VENUES

Less than two weeks into operation and Queensland’s new ID scanner laws are under fierce attack, and the Premier is already hinting they may be changed. Figures released by the Attorney-General on Monday reported 481,758 people have been scanned since

PELATHON PRESENTS GRAND CENTRAL BEAUTY

Pelathon has unveiled its stunning million-dollar remake of Brisbane’s Grand Central Hotel, the station pub engineered to both attract and cater to the thousands that pass it daily. Opening in 1901 as refreshment rooms to Brisbane’s Central Station, the pub

GREAT NORTHERN DEFIANT ON NO HOLGATE BEER

Carlton craft beer mecca the Great Northern Hotel has aired the issue of brewery mandates, ousting the burgeoning Holgate Brewhouse as it insists on more taps. The Great Northern Hotel (GNH) in Carlton North is a locals’ pub, with strong

INGHAM-MYERS’ SELLING UP TO RETURN NORTH

The Ingham-Myers brothers are selling up their two Armidale operations as they relocate back to the sunshine state with new deeds to their name. Sam and Nick Ingham-Myers have been running the leasehold businesses of Armidale’s New England and Wicklow

COLOSIMOS BRINGING PUB-2U

The Colosimos’ Momento Hospitality Group has begun home delivery of food & drinks – bringing Pub-2U to folks in the Hills, out of pioneer venue the Hillside Hotel. Capitalising on a highly successful food operation that is being held back

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL AND TOWER PLANS ON OFFER

Amid large-scale public works and growth in Newcastle, a big pub freehold development opportunity has come to market leveraging planning guidelines. The Cambridge Hotel occupies a prominent corner of Newcastle’s Hunter Street, adjoining the lot of 5-7 Denison Street, a

TABCORP DIGITAL COMMS FOR PUBS A GOOD BET

Tabcorp’s strategy to move with the digital times and secure the future of gaming reports a refined solution and growing results. The Digital Commissions model for pubs is the company’s solution for the rising influence of mobile phone betting in

ENMORE’S THE DUKE UP FOR CONTENDERS

As high-yielding leases continue to be the hot property, Mick Roche has put the inner-west Duke of Edinburgh to market, boding opportunity for a fresh operator. Occupying a prominent 430m² block on the corner of Enmore Road and Simmons Street,