The pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has urged tied pub tenants to alert him if they receive a Calderbank Offer letter from their pubco during tied rent reviews, after concerns one has “broken a commitment to no longer use them”.
The pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has defended the slow pace of its progress on market-rent-only (MRO) option cases, after a group of pub operators called the body a “rabbit in the headlights” for its perceived inaction.
A licensee, fighting his case for the market-rent-only (MRO) option, said it is going to cost him £25,000 despite using the pubs code adjudicator (PCA).
A rent review scheme from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and other industry bodies has been made available to licensees governed by the pubs code.
A voluntary code for smaller pubcos will be introduced once the statutory code comes into force for larger companies, the Pub Governing Body (PGB) has confirmed.
A Cambridge publican has been awarded £25,000 in compensation after being sprayed with a form of pepper spray and being physically removed from his pub.
The annual reports of both the Pubs Independent Conciliation & Arbitration Service (PICA-Service) and the Pubs Independent Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS) have been published. Mike Berry picks out the main points.
Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.
The Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration (PICA)-Service has ruled against Marston’s over complaints about poor communication and failure to provide regular business reviews.
The Government will announce the introduction of a statutory code of conduct for tenanted pub companies in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday with the dismantling of the current self-regulatory system.
The Pubs Independent Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS) is gaining in effectiveness as both licensees and pub companies become more familiar with the service, according to senior trade representatives in relation to the latest available figures.
The Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service (PICAS) has recruited 13 new panel members to sit at hearings, following an extensive selection process that began with a call for volunteers in the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.
A pubco has been found in breach of its code of practice and the spirit of its code of practice, in the first case to go through the newly formed Pubs Independent Conciliation & Arbitration Service (PICA-Service).
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has warned that plans by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to extend its cost recovery system could result in “disproportionate charges” and a new regime “open to abuse”.
Licensees in dispute with landlords over rent can now use the industry's low cost arbitration scheme. The Pub Independent Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS)...
Anti-tie campaign group Fair Pint is among those being invited to take part in a consultation to ensure "transparency" and "clarity" in rent reviews....
A formal meeting between three trade groups into plans for an independent, low-cost rent adjudication system has been described as "encouraging". The...
Could you run this Warrington pub? The Hawthorne is a thriving community sports pub in Warrington, showing live sport each day, along with live music every...
