Celebrity chef Matt Moran in failed eatery rent stoush Landlord James Symond is battling pub mogul Bruce Solomon and celebrity chef Matt Moran for what he claims is unpaid rent from the failed Chophouse Parramatta.
Business by Annette Sharp
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Subscriber only Commercial property landlord James Symond has so far failed in his bid to extract what he claims is unpaid rent from the partners behind the failed Chophouse Parramatta venture, Bruce Solomon and Matt Moran. The newly retired former chief executive of Aussie Home Loans, is, according to mediation documents filed with the NSW Small Business Commission last year, owed money after companies backed by pub mogul Solomon and celebrity chef Moran pulled the pin on Chophouse Parramatta in December 2019, just 14 months into an eight-year lease.
Laundy says quick thinking saved pandemic-hit pubs
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Former federal member for Reid and pub owner-operator Craig Laundy has praised the quick efforts of the industry bodies and all governments in enacting policies and guidelines to keep the pandemic-hit sector afloat.
Laundy, who runs the multi-million dollar family pub empire with his father Arthur, says any time an industry loses 10-11 weeks of business, its not good, Laundy told
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Laundy is a former Liberal Party politician who served as the member for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019, when he went back to help run and expand the family pub business.
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