Property law

Top tips on challenging dilapidations claims

27-Aug-2019 By Jon Rowling

Chartered building surveyor Jon Rowling – a technical partner at commercial and residential property consultants Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) and author of The TFT Purple Book: A Guide to Dilapidations in the UK – explains that if you are being asked to...

Number of London pubs remains stable

27-Aug-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The number of pubs in London remained stable between 2017 and 2018 after dropping by more than a quarter since 2001, according to new research by City Hall.

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Why is Dorset a unique place to own a pub?

13-Aug-2019 By Michelle Perrett

Beautiful locations and an economy that is not solely reliant on tourism makes Dorset an ideal place for year-round trade

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What makes Birmingham a good place to run a pub?

05-Aug-2019 By Michelle Perrett

A huge 40% of Birmingham’s population is claimed to be aged under 25 – and there’s plenty of places to eat and drink to satisfy those numbers

East London council protects historic pubs with local list status

05-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Historic pubs in a London borough have been granted a protective local listed status, which will help protect their vibrant histories from developers.

750 companies a day sued for business rates arrears

05-Aug-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 190,000 non-domestic premises such as pubs, shops, restaurants and offices had to appear in front of magistrates for non-payment of their business rates.

Sompting pub could be turned into housing estate

31-Jul-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Freehold pub the Joyful Whippet in Sompting, West Sussex, could be torn down to make way for 10 houses.

Licensee shares advice after ‘challenging’ free-of-tie battle

29-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A Sheffield licensee has said she wants publicans who are thinking about beginning the process to go free of tie from their pubco/brewery to know “there is light at the end of the tunnel”.

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Why own a pub in Devon?

18-Jul-2019 By Michelle Perrett

Although reliant on tourism, if pub bosses are astute, there’s plenty of business available to make a rich living in Devon

Flat proposals will ‘kill all business’ at music pub

16-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Plans to build flats above a pub will make it ‘unviable’ to trade, according to the pair of brothers operating the site.

Top tips: All part of the masterplan

09-Jul-2019 By Poppleston Allen

If you are applying for a new premises licence or are making changes to the layout of an existing premises, you will probably need to submit an application to the local authority, enclosing a copy of suitable licensing drawings.

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Why is Liverpool a good place to own a pub?

28-Jun-2019 By Michelle Perrett

A growing population – made up of many Millennials and Generation Z – is helping drive Liverpool and that is attracting high-profile operators

Village pub shuts after near 200% business rates hike

26-Jun-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

A West Sussex pub has closed its doors after a huge rise in business rates from £24,000 to £70,000 in one year.

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Where would many be without the tie?

24-Jun-2019 By Kate Hayden

The licensee of the Snow Goose at Farnborough, Hampshire and the Extraordinary Hare at West Hendred, Oxfordshire, Kate Hayden explains that the tie has come a long way since she started out 27 years ago.

Bermondsey Beer Mile could end up ‘like a poorly run high street’

24-Jun-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The founder of a brewery situated on the Bermondsey Beer Mile has shared his concerns that rising rents and new management of businesses under railway arches could ‘end up going the same way’ as a neglected high street.