The owner of a South Perth pub is using the job keeper payment to hire back his bar staff as delivery drivers and cut out the middleman in UberEats.

Geoffrey Ogden, owner of the Windsor Hotel, has kept his business running by offering takeaway meals and keeping as many of his staff working by using the Federal Government money to change their roles.

The hospitality veteran says he’s also hoping to change their on site brewery into a distillery to produce hand sanitiser.

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