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FORMER PUBLICAN GEOFF HAYWARD ENTERS VOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATION

Posted on August 3rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Award-winning publican Geoff Hayward has put his company Capital Management into voluntary liquidation as he exits the pub game. Hayward bought the Brisbane Hotel 15 years’ ago with investor partners, executing a big-budget transformation of the tired pub and positioning

PUBLICAN GROUP SINKS INTO RECEIVERSHIP DESPITE DIXON SWOOP

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Despite divesting its entire portfolio late 2017, the beleaguered Publican Group has been put into voluntary liquidation. The cashed-up Dixon Hotel Group – since rebranded to Australian Venue Co (AVC) – bought the clutch of nine Publican Group venues in

FLINDERS’ HAWKER HOTEL TWIXT LICENCE AND OBLIVION

Posted on January 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Hawker Hotel, sole pub of the gateway town to the Flinders Ranges, closed suddenly due to “clerical errors” and now fallen into receivership. The pub is the pride of the tiny town of Hawker, and the last stop for