Industry Select Committee

Pubco inquiry kicks-off today

18-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Business and Enterprise Committee inquiry into the pubco-tenant relationship gets underway today at 1030am — and the MA will bring you unrivalled coverage, starting with a preview of the action.

Pubco review evidence must be in by Monday

26-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney

Evidence to the Business and Enterprise Committee inquiry into pubco power must be in by Monday 29 September. The inquiry will review the progress...

How worried should pubcos be?

03-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore

So here we are again. Four years on from the Trade and Industry Select Committee (TISC) inquiry into pubco power, the big guns of the trade are...

Buxton Pubwatch shows small-minded mentality

30-Jun-2005

I write regarding your article about Buxton Pubwatch v JD Wetherspoon's 'Buxton keeps JDW out of its pubwatch group, Morning Advertiser, 23 June. I...

Trade drags heels' over pubco code of practice

12-May-2005

by Tony Halstead The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has criticised the trade's "slow" response to recommendations made by the Trade &...

FSB steps up campaign for new deal for tenants

17-Feb-2005

by John Harrington The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) plans to lobby accountants and surveyors in the next stage of its drive to get a better...

Rents should be cut by up to £25,000 says Bell

20-Jan-2005

by John Harrington The Freedom for Pubs Association (FFPA) has claimed the Trade & Industry Select Committee report into pubco power is a chance...

Beer tie safeguards satisfies regulators and the City

13-Jan-2005

The Trade and Industry Select Committee's decision that the beer tie should remain for pubcos prompted a surge in share prices among the big...

Machines will soon make headlines

13-Jan-2005

It is interesting to note just how much control the justices still exercise over the number of AWP machines allowed on licensed premises. This...

The way forward

12-Jan-2005

Now that the Trade & Industry Select Committee has finished its investigation into the pub companies, what steps can the industry take to build a...

Upwards-only rents curbed by committee

06-Jan-2005

Pubcos have been warned not to exploit their position of economic strength over tenants by the Trade & Industry Select Committee. The committee's...

Licensees lashout over committee report

06-Jan-2005

Licensees feel that they have been cheated after the Trade & Industry Select Committee failed to recommend decisive action to rein back the pub...

Mixed reaction to pubco investigation

21-Dec-2004

The findings of the Trade and Industry Select Committee investigation into pubcos have been received with a mixed reaction from those who gave...

Clarity key to future of rent reviews: Salussolia

09-Dec-2004

Alex Salussolia, chairman of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, has launched a fierce attack on the rent review process in the week leading up to the publication of the Trade & Industry Select Committee (TISC) report

Punch to investigate its relationship with tenants

24-May-2004

Punch Taverns has commissioned a high-profile firm of solicitors to investigate, and produce a report on, its relationship with tenants and...