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GMB reports "positive" meeting with EC officials over beer tie

08-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore

The GMB says it has had a "very positive" and "helpful" meeting with EC officials today as part of its bid to prove the beer tie is anti-competitive....

GMB slams mediation process as "window dressing

04-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Members of trade union the GMB are set to tell European Union officials the mediation process examining relationships between licensees and pub...

Trade union attacks BII in Punch tenant dispute case

21-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Trade union the GMB has hit out at the BII and accused it of "washing its hands" of resolving a pubco and tenant dispute. The GMB has taken up the...

Going to the pub industry mediation ball. Or not, if you're the GMB

12-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

Thinking about it, that the GMB point blank refused to attend the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailer's latest mediation shin-dig came as no...

Trade union brands industry mediation meetings "a sham

07-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

A leading trade union has described as a "sham" efforts by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to find a solution to the issue of...

GMB pulls out of trade mediation talks

07-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney

Trade Union GMB has pulled out of the industry's crunch mediation meeting on Thursday, claiming it is a "sham" process. The second meeting is due to...

Trade unions scrap over tied pub tenants

20-May-2009 By Ewan Turney

Two trade unions are scrapping over the affections of the anti-beer tie Fair Pint campaign and licensees across the country. A row is brewing between...

GMB: sign up to continue the fight for fairness

13-May-2009 By Ewan Turney

Trade union GMB has hailed the pubco report and urged all licensees to join up to continue the fight. The GMB is to write to every tenant of Punch...

State of the Union: GMB, Unite and the beer-tie

29-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

"We're back in the 1970s." That was the withering assessment of JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin after Alistair Darling's latest Budget blow. The...

Punch hits back at new GMB claims

16-Apr-2009

Punch has hit back at a new set of allegations from general trade union GMB, which claims more than one in three Punch pubs have changed hands in the...

Making the pubco model work

09-Apr-2009 By Andrew Pring

The market forces driving pubcos to offer more support to their licensee partners are a template for the future, says Andrew Pring.

Enterprise hits back in clash over closures

06-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

Enterprise Inns has hit back at the GMB in the row over pub closures, saying many of the trade union's assertions are "inaccurate" and "highly...

Pinstripe: Private equity; storm in a teacup?

20-Feb-2007

There's been a lot of stuff in the press recently about the private equity sector, much of which is absolute rot, in my humble opinion.Given that...

Pub workers asked to sign second-hand smoke register

10-Feb-2006

Pub workers who have been exposed to second-hand smoke are being asked to sign a register in preparation for potential legal claims.The register -...