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22/10/2009

06:47:29

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will take no further action following the Campaign for Real Ale's (Camra) super-complaint over pubcos and the beer tie.
The OFT said it had "not found evidence that supply ties are resulting in competition problems that are having an adverse impact on consumers".
In its eagerly awaited response, the OFT said there was "generally effective competition" between pubs and it did not believe that the beer tie contributed to higher prices or prevented pubs offering wider choice to customers.
In its super-complaint, Camra hit out at tied beer prices for tenants and the "flawed" system of setting rents.
It also urged pubcos to offer licensees greater access to local beers and for a law preventing pubs being sold with restrictive covenants. However, Camra urged the beer tie itself to remain.
But the OFT said: "The OFT has received submissions from pub lessees outlining their concerns about the rent assessment process and their negotiations with pub landlord

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Kenneth Mc Elroy

22/10/2009

19:43:11

OFT will take no further action on pubcos

i dont quiet get what disappoints people about the ruling, if it was any different i
would have been suprised
the fact is the uk is the cheapest country in europe to drink in so the consumer on the outside is really the winner all round and the publican is the loser
its the pubco business model that needs to be looked at not the consumer prices index.
i was a tied tenant and know what its like to be on the recieving end of a pooor perfoming pubco model,grab grab and more grab money hungry robbing bastards.
so sit tight our day will come and all will know the truth.

THE TIME HAS COME TO STRIKE ON RENT AND BUYING BEER OFF PUBCOS AND SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.