One-size fits all policy killing community pubs

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Russell Camp, The Wheatsheaf, Thornbury.

31/03/2009

09:20:36

The Government should reward and incentivise pubs which play a positive role in their community rather than hampering them with blanket restrictions, according to a new report.
The report also called for a pubco mandatory code of conduct to be introduced to ensure rents are calculated fairly and give tenants access to an affordable form of arbitration.
The Institute for Public Policy Research identified two key problems in Government policy:
• They are far too indiscriminate. All licensed premises have to carry the burden of regulation and increased taxation, but smaller community pubs that cause so few problems of crime and disorder are least able to take on these additional costs.
• Policy fails to recognise the important community functions that many pubs perform. They are more than just businesses and pub closures can have a serious impact on the quality of local community life.
The report found that pubs inject an average

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David Pott

31/03/2009

23:27:39

One-size fits all policy killing community pubs

Mike; I have been saying that for a long time. If the rent is to high the last thing needed is to convert the wet rent into increasing the basic rent.

These guys are really intent on throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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