Bruce Mathieson
News and interviews on Bruce Mathieson including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Worries for the wealthyMonday, 17 January 2011
Like most of us, Australia's wealthiest entrepreneurs would have started 2011 in an optimistic mood. ...
Pub billionaire Bruce Mathieson wins big in Victorian pokies auction
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Billionaire pub baron Bruce Mathieson, who runs a pub and gaming machines joint venture with grocery giant Woolworths, has emerged as a big winner in a Victorian Government auction of pokie licenses, with experts saying the average price paid by bidders was ...
Woolworths' second-quarter sales up 4.6% as Coles launches national pricing initiative
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Supermarket giant Woolworths has reaffirmed its forecast of profit growth of 8-11% in 2009-10 after posting sales growth of 4.6% in the three months to December 31. ...
Woolworths and Tabcorp fight for pub group
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
Grocery giant Woolworths has reportedly entered the battle for control of struggling hotel company National Leisure & Gaming, which owns more than 35 pubs in New South Wales and Queensland. ...
Strong pub sales results hint that sector may be past the bottom
Thursday, 25 June 2009
The sales of three Melbourne pubs for $16 million have raised hopes that the struggling hotels sector may finally be emerging from the gloom. ...
The rich who'll reap a budget bounty
Monday, 18 May 2009
As predicted, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's second budget contained a number of attacks on the wealthy. ...
Billionaire Bruce Mathieson buys bargain Gold Coast mansion from skate entrepreneur
Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Melbourne-based pubs and poker machine baron Bruce Mathieson has taken advantage of the slump in prestige property prices to grab a Gold Coast mansion for $18 million, a massive $15 million below the asking price. ...
Entrepreneurs set to rescue ailing toy company
Friday, 20 February 2009
A group of entrepreneurs - including Lachlan Murdoch, toy entrepreneur Nir Pizmony and Craig Mathieson - have come to the rescue of struggling toy wholesaler Funtastic by agreeing to support a $22 million rights issue to reduce debt and repair the company's ...
Stimulated entrepreneurs
Monday, 09 February 2009
The Rudd Government hopes its $42 billion stimulus package will provide a big boost to the business sector as consumers start spending again and infrastructure projects kick-start economic activity. ...
Toy maker Funtastic gets takeover bid
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Toy maker Funtastic – which owns the Australian licences to Bob the Builder, Winnie the Pooh and Thomas the Tank Engine – has received a $133 million takeover bid from a consortium led by private equity firm Archer Capital. The consortium also includes Craig ...
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