Pub

COUGHLAN BUYS IN CAMPERDOWN AND EYES MORE

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
High-profile publican Paddy Coughlan has picked up his second inner-west pub, bringing a Lady to Camperdown to append Lord Gladstone. Located on Parramatta Road, just west of Missendon Road, the Hampshire – soon to be ‘Lady Hampshire’ – is in

ACCC HOTEL RULING SEES MIXED REACTION

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s consumer watchdog has granted hotel room providers some respite from the online duopoly ruling the sector, but feelings are mixed on whether changes went far enough. Last Friday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced the results of

CALLINAN REVIEW ON LOCKOUTS DELAYED

Posted on September 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
In response to the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn the application of ‘lockout’ laws on some Sydney venues, the review into the policies by Hon. Ian Callinan AC has been delayed. The Independent Liquor Law Review announced the granting of

YE OLDE PUB NEGOTIATING TO GET BACK ITS SPIRIT

Posted on September 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The way old Ye Olde Man & Scythe is cranky about the loss of its spirit, last ‘seen’ haunting a metal jar in an exhibit of Chinese contemporary art in Manchester. [caption id="attachment_7118" align="alignright" width="295"] Ye Olde Man & Scythe[/caption]

SOLOTEL SET TO UNVEIL REJUVENATED PADDINGTON INN

Posted on August 31st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
After a six-month reno, Solotel’s Paddington Inn returns next week to celebrate local architecture and its place in the tale of the modern bistro. Thirty years ago Bruce Solomon purchased the famous corner pub on Oxford Street, thus launching what

PUBLICANS TURN TO HOTELS & HASHTAGS

Posted on August 31st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Pub Innovation parlay took place yesterday in the Amora Riverwalk Hotel, presenting ‘What’s next for your business? to innovatory publicans in attendance. The event was a follow-on of the successful Pub Evolution meet in Bendigo earlier this year –

LOCAL WINS BATTLE FOR GRAVILLIS’ KEMPSEY PUB

Posted on August 31st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Hotel Kempsey has joined the ranks of hot property coastal pubs to change hands, with a local expanding publican beating out the metropolitan groups. The family of Peter Gravillis listed the popular local in June, after nearly 30 years owning

HOT WATERLOO PUB ON OFFER

Posted on August 29th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Owners of Waterloo’s Grosvenor Hotel have put it to market, citing what happens to all good things for the popular corner pub. Two business partners, former Coca-Cola Amatil executive Denis Hickey and corporate identity Warwick Negus, have listed the freehold

HERITAGE PUB TO CLOSE AS PROPRIETORS MOVE ONE

Posted on August 29th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of the old ladies of Adelaide will soon call it a day, as developers re-purpose the heritage-listed pub as a commercial space. Hotel Wright St occupies the corner of Wright and Compton Streets, in the heart of the Adelaide

WOW FIGURES SHED LIGHT ON ALH DILEMMA

Posted on August 26th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest pub operator is the crux of a profitability dilemma for its majority owner Woolworths, as the supermarket giant weighs up bottom line and a PR crisis. Woolworth Limited (ASX: WOW) yesterday announced its full year results for FY16,