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Durham Castle Arms pub buckling under rising costs

The Durham Castle Arms is hurting. The pub's manager of seven years, Adrian Moran, says the future of the Kingston venue is fraught with uncertainty, with...

Andrew McConnell announces refit for Golden Fields

As predicted here in August, Golden Fields, the wonderful Andrew McConnell restaurant in Melbourne's St Kilda, will close in April. It will reopen two...

How I sold Crust for $41 million: Costa Anastasiadis’s eight lessons

When Costa Anastasiadis founded pizza chain Crust in 2001, he had no strategy, no growth aspirations and, self-professedly, no idea what he was doing. As...

Supermarket found guilty of selling out-of-date products

he Horsham Magistrates Court has fined a Warracknabeal supermarket $12,000 without conviction for selling out-of-date products. Fishers IGA was taken...

Best Western adds Victorian hotel

Best Western has added the Madison Spa Resort in Moama to its Plus hotel range. Located in Victoria on the banks of the Murray River and nestled among...

MONA to build 90-room hotel

Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is set to construct a AUD$25 million, 90-room hotel adjacent to its popular gallery in Rosetta on the shoreline...

Mini bar trends to boost your business

Investing in the latest mini bar technology and trends can reduce your servicing costs, aid convenience, boost energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. But...

Raising the wine bar

So many bars, so little time. The past 18 months have seen a proliferation of particularly good, wine-obsessed establishments pop up in inner-city laneways...

What not to do! Week 50!

What was busted this week and what were they caught doing? The things you should look out for. The NSW Food Authority publishes lists of businesses that...

US trends show the way

When the New York Hilton Midtown said it was dispensing with room service starting in August it caught both travellers and competitors a bit by surprise. Room...