It’s been a work in progress since January, but six months on the new-look Imperial Hotel at Maitland is all but complete save a few finishing touches. For the past 25 years, the Imperial Hotel was known as an Irish Pub complete with a timber-laden interior, red and green colour scheme and even the odd shamrock or two. But earlier this year, hotel licensee Clayton Barrett and the venue’s owners together decided to change the look and feel of the pub to fill a gap in the local

This Sunday, 26 May the George Tavern at Greenhills will host a fundraising afternoon to support local resident Kate Roberts in her bid to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. From 1pm on Sunday, the George Tavern will become a buzz of colour and music with raffles, live auctions, live music, face-painting and crazy hair for the kids. Kate said since being diagnosed with MS five years ago, while on her dream Hawaiian holiday and just after her 30th birthday, she has been

By Wednesday night, 27 March the George Tavern, Greenhills and Maitland Football Club will have together officially raised more than $100,000 for the local sporting club. The milestone comes as part of a partnership between the club and the pub which includes a dedicated monthly fundraising draw opportunity donated to community groups by hoteliers Dan and Janine Redman. “Every month local non-profit organisations are given an opportunity to take turns hosting our fundraising

The Bradford Hotel, Rutherford has teamed up with Camp Quality in what is easily the hotel's largest community sponsorship initiative to date. As the new Gold Sponsor of Camp Quality's 1000kms 4 Kids cycle event for the next three years, the hotel has committed $45,000 to the organisation, which currently supports more than 160 local Hunter families with children impacted by cancer. "This came about thanks to a number of our local patrons," hotelier Neil Hedges said. "We have

Not content to rest on its laurels after taking out last year's Australian Hotels Association national accolade for Outstanding Community Service and Achievement - the George Tavern at Greenhills has started 2018 with the same high-level of commitment and dedication to its local community. In addition to offering numerous monthly fundraising opportunities, hotel owner Janine Redman and her team recently went one step further, holding a Community Appreciation Night to educate