BridgeClimb in Sydney has joined the operators doubling the value of people s $25 Dine & Discover vouchers. One special with BridgeClimb could see the cost of the climb cut by $135.
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Normally the Imperial Hotel is a thriving pub with a spacious rooftop bar overlooking the stately Victorian Parliament building on Spring Street, at the Paris end of Melbourne.
But with Melbourne now going into its second week of lockdown the venue was shut on Wednesday, with not a customer or bar tender to be seen.
Australian Venue Coâs Paul Waterson, left, and his employee Giuseppe Lacava. The Imperial Hotel will go an extra seven days without pouring drinks after Melbourneâs lockdown was extended.Â
Arsineh Houspian
Located close to the MCG, the busy pub is popular with footy fans as well as soccer tragics, who would be expected to gather at the Imperial when the European Championship kicks off next week.
Major banks getting choosy on mortgage customers: Pepper CEO
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The chief executive of Pepper Money, which will list on the ASX on Tuesday, says major banks are getting more selective about the mortgage customers they take on, which should help the non-bank lender grow as it targets “non-conforming” borrowers.
Mario Rehayem said major banks were finding it tough to process mortgage applications quickly because they were too big to conduct bespoke assessments on borrowers who fell outside the standard cookie-cutter, while constant changes to credit policies were frustrating mortgage brokers who were not sure if non-prime customers would be accepted.
Copper 29Metals shows off assets ahead of float
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The chance to break the listing drought for chunky base metal producers lives on!
29Metals is likely to be valued at more than $1.5 billion, which would make it the biggest copper IPO in memory.
Louise Kennerley
Despite KKR’s Australian Venue Co and Luye Group’s Aurora Healthcare both pulling their floats this week – sending a wobble through the IPO market – copper miner 29Metals looks to be pressing on with its listing plans.
Sources told this column the EMR Capital-backed 29Metals had been taking fund managers and sponsor broker analysts for a site tour at the company’s Golden Grove mine in Western Australia this week, in a sure fire sign that the listing is still alive.
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Subscriber only Almost $45m has been splashed on three Sunshine Coast pubs in less than two months as former owners called last drinks. ALE Property Group recently sold Pelican Waters Tavern and the Noosa Reef Hotel and the Scanlon family also offloaded Surfair at Marcoola in an off-market sale. Industry heavyweights Hotel Property Investments and Australian Venue Co snapped up the iconic Surfair after a discreet sales campaign by HTL Property s Glenn Price and Brent McCarthy. It is believed the beachfront hotel sold for $20m. Having previously sold the hotel to the Scanlon family s Suncoast Hotel Group, Mr Price said it was rewarding to be tapped again to manage the family s exit.