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DIAGEO CALLING AUSSIE BARTENDERS FOR WORLD CLASS 2017

Posted on March 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Diageo’s WORLD CLASS bartender competition is on for 2017, and calling Australian bartenders to carry on the world class competition. Launched in 2009, this is the 9th year for the prestigious competition, which pits the best bartenders from around the

HARITOS’ VERANDAH SOLD IN RECORD TIME

Posted on March 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
In what could be record short time on the market, Dean Haritos has signed over the deeds to his booming Verandah Hotel to an unnamed “well-known Sydney hotelier”. The price was reported to be “comfortably in excess” of the $9

OLGR WARNS OPERATORS ON RISE OF PUB POKER

Posted on March 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The rules around in-venue poker tournaments in Queensland have changed, and pubs should be wary of abiding by OLGR’s revised conditions. Poker tournaments have been operating in Queensland for over a decade under a ‘freeroll’ model that prevented operators from

BEER WEEK EVENTS TO BE BOON FOR SYDNEY PUBS

Posted on March 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The new and evolved Sydney Beer Week will be back for 2017, and organisers are calling for venues to board the hop train and be part of the heady experience. Formerly the Sydney Craft Beer Week, the craft tag has

SWEETER THAN SUGARMILL NEW POTTS POINTS HOTEL NOW OPEN

Posted on February 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A new pub group has re-launched Kings Cross’ famous Sugarmill – repositioning it to suit its increasingly gentrified locale as the Potts Point Hotel. Sydney’s original late-night entertainment zone has been decimated by the crowd-killing effects of the controversial ‘lockout’

OUTBACK ICON ON MARKET FOR LAID-BACK $1.2m

Posted on February 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
One of the outback’s famous curiosity pubs – just 17 hours north of Adelaide – has hit the market, with an asking price of $1.2 million. The Mungerannie Hotel is the stuff of legends, comprising a pub, dining room, accommodation,

COST OF POWER HAS DOUBLED FOR BUSINESSES: ENERGY COMMITTEE

Posted on February 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Recent findings by the Turnbull government’s Energy Committee show the cost of electricity has more than doubled for most businesses since 2007. As the Liberal and Labor parties debate the merits of reviving coal as a short-term solution versus investing

WAUGH RETURNS, BUYING RIVERSDALE’S TOXTETH

Posted on February 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
As Marly bar is poised expectantly on the market, Riversdale has sold another off-market, with Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group snatching Mitch’s first love, Glebe’s The Toxteth. Australian Pub Fund (APF) was formed by investors and business celebrities John

IRVIN HOTELS BUYS HOMESTEAD TAVERN AS SPANKIE EXITS

Posted on February 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Another Sydney hotelier has bought big in Brisbane, with Joe Irvin picking up the “trophy asset” Homestead Tavern for $15.6 million. The ongoing shortage of opportunities in Sydney and Melbourne is driving more publicans up the coast, finding value in