Minimum unit pricing (MUP) pricing comes into force today (1 May) in Scotland after a long-running legal battle over its introduction stretching back to 2012.
The office of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has said discussions are ongoing with pub-owning businesses concerning its call to waive confidentiality in arbitration awards.
UKHospitality has provided local authorities with a series of recommendations ahead of local elections on 3 May to ensure the hospitality sector is Brexit-ready.
Samuel Smith Old Brewery and its company chairman Humphrey Smith are to be prosecuted by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), for failing to provide information and documents required as part of an ongoing investigation.
EI Group, previously known as Enterprise Inns, has topped the list of arbitrations to go through the office of the Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA) since it was established, PCA data has revealed.
According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 23 April, the number of contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours rose by 100,000 in the year to November 2017.
Representatives from pub-owning businesses (POBs) have agreed to come up with proposals for a more standardised approach to calculating beer waste from pubs in relation to rent assessments.
The pubs code adjudicator’s office has urged pub-owning businesses “to waive confidentiality in arbitration awards” to make the process more transparent.
Plastic straws could soon be banned from sale in England under a Government plan to protect rivers and oceans from the rising tide of plastic pollution.
Robinsons Brewery has said it will be having discussions with two of its licensees after it was revealed they were disqualified from running business as limited companies after using insolvency laws to avoid paying debts.
Licensee Gary Murphy of Ye Olde Mitre Inne in Barnet, North London, is hoping a ruling in his case with the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) will provide clarity over market-rent only (MRO) leases.
A study that states as little as one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life has been attacked by industry bodies for overlooking the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption.
