Bruce Mathieson

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News and interviews on Bruce Mathieson including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Monday, 17 January 2011

Worries for the wealthy

While the wealthy are generally a glass-half-full bunch, the list of worries facing the members of Australia's rich list is long and growing.

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Pub billionaire Bruce Mathieson wins big in Victorian pokies auction

Pub baron Bruce Mathieson emerges as a big winner in a Victorian Government auction of pokie licenses, with experts saying the average price paid by bidders was half of what was expected.

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Woolworths' second-quarter sales up 4.6% as Coles launches national pricing initiative

Supermarket giant Woolworths reaffirms 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.

Tuesday, 08 December 2009

Woolworths and Tabcorp fight for pub group

Woolworths reportedly enters battle for control of struggling hotel company National Leisure & Gaming, which owns more than 35 pubs in New South Wales and Queensland.

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Strong pub sales results hint that sector may be past the bottom

Sales of three Melbourne hotels have surged on the strength of long term tenants.

Monday, 18 May 2009

The rich who'll reap a budget bounty

As predicted, the budget contained a number of attacks on the wealthy. But the news wasn't all bad, and some stand to profit by the budget.

Tuesday, 05 May 2009

Billionaire Bruce Mathieson buys bargain Gold Coast mansion from skate entrepreneur

Pubs and poker machine baron Bruce Mathieson has taken advantage of the slump in prestige property prices to grab a Gold Coast mansion.

Friday, 20 February 2009

Entrepreneurs set to rescue ailing toy company

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 balance sheet.