The boom in ridesharing, food delivery and parcel delivery services has seen more cars on the road for work purposes. In 2020, online retail sales were up 63 per cent, and food delivery services rose 12 per cent. Combined with the 12 per cent increase in work-vehicle-related fatalities from 2018 to 2020, there has never been a more […]

The internationally acclaimed chocolate brand, Max Brenner, will officially open its doors at Ed Square Shopping Centre, Edmonson Park on Saturday 1st May 2021. To celebrate the launch of the official opening of its 23rd Chocolate Bar in Australia, Max Brenner invites all local chocolate-lovers to celebrate the occasion with their renowned chocolate breaking ceremony […]

A throwback to the glamour of mid-century New York and Parisian brasseries, Beckett’s is Glebe’s new neighbourhood local breathing new life into the site that pioneered farm-to-table dining in Sydney. Chef, Jeff Schroeter (Bistro Moncur, Bayswater Brasserie) and Playwright-Director Wendy Beckett (Claudel – on at the Sydney Opera House, from 23 April 2021), have created Beckett’s restaurant and […]

A student-led packaging design for an energy ball company using leftover peanut husks has won a global award for sustainable innovative packaging. The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) entered seven Monash student teams for the first time into the globalWorldStar Student Awards where they represented Australian innovations from a field of over 300 submissions. Of the seven submissions all were […]

Australian Venue Co. has acquired two pub businesses, the Jubilee Tavern in Airlie Beach, Qld, and the Albion Hotel in Albury, NSW. Australian Venue Co CEO, Paul Waterson, said the two venues are a welcome addition to the AVC portfolio. “Both of these pubs are an important part of their local communities, and we want […]