Property law

Regional focus on... The Home Counties

13-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

The Home Counties offer a similar appeal to operators as London, but also offer something that little bit different to the capital. Here's a selection of the best pubs available in the area.

All Southwark pubs given ‘extra layer of protection’ by council

10-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Southwark Council has added an 'extra layer of protection' for 188 pub sites across the borough by altering a planning condition that had allowed developers to change the use of the site.

Pub success: Starting out

09-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Owning a pub is the aspirational dream for a significant minority of people who regularly soak up the atmosphere in a pub. But just what do you need to know about the trade before starting out and what challenges lie ahead for first-time operators?

February's done deals

06-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

A pub under threat has been bought by a seller that plans to "run it as a pub". That plus more in our monthly roundup of the biggest and best pub deals of February.

Liberation Group buys two pubs from British Country Inns

02-Mar-2017 By Mark Wingett, MCA

Liberation Group, the Caledonia Investments-backed company, has acquired two freehold pubs from British Country Inns 2 PLC - the Lime Kiln Inn, Knole, Somerset and Beambridge, Samford Arundell for an undisclosed sum.

BBPA and CAMRA divided over planning law amendment

01-Mar-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) have weighed in over potential changes to permitted development rights for pubs.

Bravo Inns takes estate up to 40 sites

28-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Bravo Inns has taken on two town centre pubs, bringing its total number of sites up to 40.

Best of the pubs on the market

21-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

The only thatched pub in Northumberland and a striking 16th century inn in Wales are amongst our monthly roundup of the best pubs available.

Faucet Inn shelves plan to buy iconic gay pub

20-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Faucet Inn has pulled out of talks to takeover iconic Lambeth pub the Royal Vauxhall Tavern – a move that has been welcomed by campaigners.

MA500

Pubs with rooms are 'not like Fawlty Towers now'

16-Feb-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Visitor numbers across Britain are expected to rise further as the weaker pound makes it more attractive to foreigners and Brits alike, according to Dominic Worrall, owner of the Bull in Ditchling, East Sussex.

Campaigners' new plan to save ‘vital’ gay pub

14-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Campaign group The Black Cap Foundation will issue a revised business plan to reopen the iconic gay pub the Black Cap in Camden.

Stonegate takes on more JDW pubs

10-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Ever-expanding pub company Stonegate has bought two more JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pubs, meaning that it has now acquired a dozen JDW sites in the past four months.

Are ACVs an asset to the pub trade?

06-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

With the law around assets of community value set to be reviewed. Here’s what the industry needs to do to make the legislation of real value to pubs.

Stonegate acquires trio of London pubs

03-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Stonegate has increased its portfolio to 693 sites after exchanging contracts to take on three London venues from Faucet Inn.

Top gastropub the Falcon Inn on the market for £1.4m

03-Feb-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Historic gastropub the Falcon Inn in Fotheringhay, Peterborough, is on the market with Christie & Co for £1.4m.

UK’s oldest gay pub saved by mixed use classification

02-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Iconic gay pub the Royal Vauxhall Tavern has been granted a mixed use (sui generis) classification, protecting it against development.

Route clear for Heineken's Punch pubs takeover

01-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Heineken is now the only remaining bidder for a portfolio of 1,900 Punch pubs after rival bidder Emerald Investment confirmed that it would not pursue its bid further.

Regional focus on... Birmingham

01-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

In our latest look at the pub property market across the country, we cast our eyes on the best pubs available in Birmingham.

January's done deals

01-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

A pub believed to be the oldest in Bath and an iconic London community site are among the best of January's pub property deals.

Licensee wins planning case against NewRiver Retail

27-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

A pub in Leek was celebrating after quashing its owners’ plans to build two residential houses in the car park.

UKIP MEP slams NewRiver over pub demolition plans

25-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

The UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands has blasted NewRiver Retail’s plans to demolish a Dudley pub to make way for a Co-operative supermarket.

The best-laid plans - what more can be done to protect pubs?

20-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

All too often pubs close down and are turned into houses and shops, so are beloved and valued community pubs being given enough protection by legislation?

Best of the pubs on the market - January 2017

19-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

A pair of award-winning pubs in Derbyshire and a popular drive-to food pub feature in our monthly roundup of the best pubs on the market.

Lords to debate change in pub planning laws

19-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

The end of permitted development rights on pubs could be in sight after it was confirmed that the House of Lords would debate changing the regulations as part of the Neighbourhood Planning Bill.

Property

Five out of every six pubs sold in 2016 remained as pubs

13-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

Christie & Co has reported that 83% of pubs sold in 2016 remained as pubs – with only 6% being converted into houses.

BrewDog

BrewDog hits out at council over land price row

13-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

BrewDog has slammed Aberdeenshire Council after claims the price of land BrewDog had earmarked for development was more than “60 times fair market value”.

ACV

ACV granted in battle to save boozer from supermarket conversion

12-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

A Somerset pub bought by supermarket group Tout’s Budgens has been granted asset of community value (ACV) status after locals campaigned to save it.

Bed tax

Local authorities urged not to consider bed tax

12-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has urged local authorities to avoid new tax burdens on operators.

Historic Pubs

Historic England launches campaign to save post-war pubs

09-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Historic England is to launch a new campaign to save pubs built post-1945, following the success of its inter-war pub campaign in 2015.

Property

Liquidation loses Yorkshire pub group 18 sites

05-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A raft of pubs in Leeds, Bradford and Keighley have been lost by a Yorkshire pub group that went into liquidation

2017 predictions

2017 predictions: Leading pub property agents forecast continued high demand

05-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

Despite business rates and Brexit uncertainty, the pub property market is buoyant with - if anything - too much demand for sites. Four leading licensed property experts give their insight into the market.

Property

Pub to be converted into flats to help tackle ‘chronic shortage’ of affordable housing

05-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

A pub in in South Oxhey, near Watford, Hertfordshire, risks being demolished and transformed into new flats, if a planning application is approved.

Property

Pop sensation Robbie Williams' pub home for sale

05-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Robbie Williams's former pub home is up for sale with a guide price of £150,000, but could be turned into flats if no buyers step forward.

Property

Pubs being sold for alternative use on the decline

05-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

The percentage of pubs that are sold for non-pub use decreased by 25% in 2016, according to the annual Fleurets survey of pub prices.

Property

December's done deals

04-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman

An additional pub for the JW Lees estate and an iconic community pub are among the biggest and best pub deals in December.

Property

‘We couldn’t see another pub go to waste’: Brighton brewery to save 200-year-old pub

03-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

A Brighton brewery has announced today (Tuesday 3 January) plans to save a 200-year-old pub from closing.

Property

Best of the pubs on the market - December 2016

21-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

A Lake District site on Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a pub with two AA rosettes plus more in our roundup of the best pubs on the market at the moment.

2017 predictions

2017 predictions: Fleurets forecasts one more pubco exit from tied lease model

21-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

Fleurets has predicted that at least one tenanted pub company will exit the tied lease operating model in 2017.

Legislation

Mulholland accuses BBPA of misleading parliament

19-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group chairman Greg Mulholland has made a stinging attack on the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) accusing it of misleading MPs in a vote on development rights for pubs.

Legislation

Save the Pub Group fails to get change in planning law through Parliament

15-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

The Save The Pub Group's bid to scrap permitted development rights for pubs has failed to make it through Parliament.

Legislation

‘Targeted by supermarkets’: Save the Pub Group could protect pubs under amended planning law

13-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

The Parliamentary Save the Pub Group has put forward an amendment to planning proposals that would give more protection to pubs.

Property

How to save a pub - The story of the Duke of Marlborough

06-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

In December 2014, the last pub in the Suffolk village of Somersham closed its doors. Less than two years later, the pub has been bought by the local community and is on the verge of reopening. Here’s the story of the Duke of Marlborough.

BRIGHTON DYKE CLOSURE

Campaigners celebrate as pub 'closed overnight' is granted ACV status

06-Dec-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A Brighton pub that was closed and turned into a furniture shop has been listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) after campaigners mobilised to save it from potential development.

Rental survey

Free-of-tie rents in London increase 21% over five years

05-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

Fleurets annual rental survey has shown a 21% increase in rents for free-of-tie leases in London, with the average free-of-tie rent in the capital now costing £107,674.

Property

Buckinghamshire pub famous for Chinese presidential visit sold to Chinese investors

05-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

The pub David Cameron visited with China's president Xi Jinping has been sold to Chinese investors.

Property

November's done deals

02-Dec-2016 By Liam Coleman

A Southampton pub that has been closed for seven years is reopening plus more in our monthly roundup of the biggest and best pub deals.

Make some noise

Licensing inquiry: Late night sector calls for agent-of-change principle

30-Nov-2016 By Liam Coleman

Representatives of the late-night economy have called for the UK to have an agent-of-change principle in regards to planning around licensed premises.

ACV

MP calls for licensee protection from pubcos

29-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Brighton Pavillion MP Caroline Lucas has waded in over the battle to save an iconic ‘alternative’ Brighton pub from potentially closing.

Save The Drovers

Dorset campaigners win first CAMRA Pub Saving Award

28-Nov-2016 By Liam Coleman

The activists that saved the Drovers Inn in Gussage All Saints, Dorset have been rewarded with the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) inaugural Pub Saving Award.