Public House Management Group

WAUGH GOES THE FULL MONTAGUE

Posted on June 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group (PHMG) has announced the opening of Montague Hotel, in the heart of Marrickville, promising the charm of a modern local with the energy of a late-night lounge. Set to begin trading in July, ‘The

PUBLIC HOUSE LEADS THE WAY IN SUPPORTING WOMEN’S HEALTH

Posted on September 18th, 2024 by Jane Louise
Sydney’s exclusive charity event ‘Ladies Luncheon’ enjoyed another wildly successful year, raising $550,000 in support of Randwick’s Royal Hospital for Women. Now known as a highlight of the spring social calendar, Public House Management Group’s (PHMG) sixth annual event saw

FOUR IN HAND TO STAY PUB WITH SALE TO GOOD BEER CO

Posted on July 4th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
PHMG has sold its highly speculated Four in Hand to the Good Beer Company, marking its continued future as a pub. Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Group purchased the Paddington icon in 2015, clinching a hattrick of pubs in the precinct

LAWLER BUYS FIRST PUB, HARVEY-PILON HEAD TO AMAROO

Posted on February 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Public House Management Group CEO Ben Lawler has taken the plunge with his first title in Dubbo’s Commercial Hotel, as vendors Brett Harvey and Greg Pilon pick up a local freehold. Around five hours’ drive north-west of Sydney, Dubbo is

MERIVALE GRABS COLLAROY ‘PAVILION’: HEMMES

Posted on August 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Justin Hemmes says Merivale has strengthened its northern beaches “destination” portfolio with the $21m purchase of Mitchell Waugh and PHMG’s The Collaroy. Speaking with PubTIC, Hemmes explained how The Collaroy feels like an opportunity he has had before. “I think

REVISED FOUR IN HAND NOW OPEN: WAUGH

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG has settled in and overhauled the legendary Four in Hand, reopening with new integration alongside a sustained homage to history in the heritage-listed pub. Bursting onto the scene mid-2015, Public House Management Group (PHMG) let loose the

PHMG RUGBY LUNCH ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Posted on June 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has served up another spectacular rugby and philanthropy-filled lunch at the Woollahra Hotel, raising over $200,000 for Sydney Children’s Hospital. 2017 marks the second instalment of the PHMG Rugby Lunch charity event, backed by

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

BRAHIMI COMES TO THE FOUR IN PADDINGTON

Posted on April 6th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has reopened one of Australia’s most renowned foodie pubs, under guidance of superstar chef Guillaume Brahimi. Less than a hundred metres from Brahimi’s eponymous French bistro, Guillaume, is the two-hatted gastro pub The Four

WAUGH’S PHMG SECURES ANOTHER EAST-SYDNEY PUB ICON

Posted on October 14th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
  Mitchell Waugh’s newly-formed Public House Management Group (PHMG) has bought the first pub sold by the Ryan Family since 1992. Purchased by John and Sally Ryan in 2011 for around $15 million, the famous Woollahra Hotel – home of