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Statutory code: BBPA chief says Government must ignore free-of-tie campaigners

04-Jun-2014 By James Wallin

British Beer & Pub association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has insisted calls for a mandatory free-of-tie option in the statutory code on the tenant/pubco relationship must ‘remain unheeded’.

Statutory code: Government publishes long-awaited response

03-Jun-2014 By John Harrington

The Government has confirmed that it will introduce a statutory code to govern the pubco/tenant relationship but has stopped short of having a mandatory free-of-tie or market-rent only option, and will also not scrap the beer tie.

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Statutory code: BIS minister Jenny Willott writes for the PMA

03-Jun-2014 By Jenny Willott

BIS minister Jenny Willott writes exclusively for the Publican's Morning Advertiser on the Government's decision to introduce a statutory code of practice and adjudicator.

Publican demands debt waiver for Punch tenants

29-May-2014 By James Wallin

A publican facing eviction has asked Punch Taverns to offer him and other struggling licensees the same debt waiver the company requested from noteholders.

Red Mist to grow franchise model

27-May-2014 By Ruth Williams

Surrey-based Red Mist Leisure plans to increase its estate up to eight pubs before looking to a franchise model for further growth.

GMB: loose cannons or tactical geniuses?

10-Apr-2014 By Rob Willock

In 2010 my predecessor wrote a comment in the Morning Advertiser that concluded: “Pub tenants should not put their trust in the GMB. It has shown itself to have embarrassing gaps in its knowledge [and] made promises to disaffected pub tenants that it...

Revealed: The bitter dispute between Enterprise Inns and GMB union over pub's new lease

10-Apr-2014

The saga of the signing of a new lease at the Pattenmakers Arms in Duffield, Derbyshire, has hit the headlines and was even raised in Parliament. Last week licensee Claire Muldoon reached agreement with Enterprise Inns but recriminations have continued...

The Big Interview: Mark Derry, Brasserie Bar Co

21-Mar-2014 By Mark Wingett

Mark Derry talks to Mark Wingett about Brasserie Bar Co’s concerted push into the pub sector with the White Brasserie Company

Experienced licensee to purchase lease of the Alma in Newington Green

07-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

An experienced publican, who has operated pubs in north London for 40 years, is to purchase the Enterprise Inns lease of the Alma in Newington Green, after running the pub on a tenancy-at-will agreement since December.

Campaigners attack London Economics report on statutory code

24-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Anti-pubco campaigners have launched a fresh attack at a Government report, which suggested the introduction of a statutory code could close up to 1,600 pubs.

Highest ever number of entries for annual Thwaites awards

30-Jan-2014 By Lewis Brown

Thwaites has received the highest ever number of entries for its annual Awards for Excellence.

Six tips on taking a pub lease or tenancy

23-Jan-2014 By Poppleston Allen

Licensing law firm Poppleston Allen provides six top tips in relation to taking a lease or tenancy agreement of a pub.

Time for a fresh industry attitude

20-Jan-2014 By Ashley McCarthy

A New Year, same old story? Come on — let’s blow the cobwebs away and make 2014 a year to remember for our industry, argues BII Licensee of the Year Ashley McCarthy.

Statutory Code: Former pubs minister calls for free-of-tie option

17-Jan-2014 By John Harrington

A former Government minister for pubs has urged Business Secretary Vince Cable to go further under the proposed statutory code of pub companies and give tenants the right to have a free-of-tie option combined with an open market rent review.

Market rent-only option would benefit economy by millions of pounds

11-Dec-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Introducing a market rent-only option for tied licensees would benefit the UK economy by millions of pounds – and would lead to 148,320 extra staff hours and £48,666,758 in wages paid per year, research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has...

The Alma in Newington Green reopens with new tenant

06-Dec-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The Alma, in Newington Green, north London, has re-opened with a new tenant at the helm, one month after former licensee Kirsty Valentine was evicted following a four-year legal dispute with owner Enterprise Inns.

The Alma eviction: A community’s heart is broken

21-Nov-2013 By Pete Brown

The final weekend at the Alma on Newington Green was fairly typical. As a wet November Sunday gave in to an early dusk, the main bar filled. The large family birthday party, complete with surprisingly well-behaved toddlers, was getting ready to move on,...

Beer-tie is an 'extraordinary thing' claims leading restaurateur

20-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The beer tie is an “extraordinary thing” the co-founder of Loch Fyne Restaurants and chief executive of Blanc Brasseries Mark Derry told the Pub Retail Summit last week.

Punch wins National Business Award

14-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Punch Taverns was announced 'Business Enabler of the Year' at the National Business Awards in London earlier this week.

BBPA Benchmarking Survey: Wet-led pubs’ GP falls below 50%

14-Nov-2013 By Rob Willock

Gross profit (GP) margins have slipped below 50% for community wet-led pubs, as they are unable to take advantage of the higher earnings potential of food sales, according to a new benchmarking report.

Why are the campaign fanatics being tolerated?

12-Nov-2013 By Rob Willock

The licensee of the Alma in Islington, north London, was evicted last week after a four-year legal dispute with Enterprise Inns. It’s a sad situation that should never have escalated to the point where the relationship between pubco and tenant became...

Enterprise Inns tenant Kirsty Valentine of the Alma in Newington Green is evicted

08-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The licensee of the Alma in Newington Green, north London, has been evicted from her pub following a four-year legal dispute with Enterprise Inns.

The FSB's utopian vision may yet become a reality

17-Oct-2013 By Rob Willock

In a shock new poll this week it was revealed that turkeys are against Christmas. A survey of 500 of the gallinaceous fowl showed that the vast majority would prefer the festival to be cancelled. Meanwhile, another piece of research has just ‘discovered’...

Opinion: Differing methods of setting pub rents

27-Aug-2013 By Jonathan Essex

Traditional pub rents are usually set with reference to the profit that can be generated from the property, but high-street pubs and bars are usually valued on a rate per square foot. Why the difference?

British Beer & Pub Association issues caution over ALMR Benchmarking survey figures

06-Aug-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has issued a note of caution over the statistics which suggest that rents are higher in the tied sector as a proportion of turnover, than the free-of-tie sector.

Justice for Licensees urges tenants to report fraud if 'conned' by pubco

18-Jul-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Justice for Licensees has called for tenants to report fraud if they have been “conned” by their pub company.

Ex-Sarumdale directors secure tenancies on two pubs

10-Jul-2013 By John Harrington

Former directors of Sarumdale, the Sussex-based pub company placed in administration last summer, have returned to the industry by securing tenancies on two pubs under new ventures R&M Inns and J&A Taverns.

Greene King ups tenant referral incentive

01-Jul-2013 By Mark Wingett

Greene King has doubled the reward it is offering for a successful new tenant referral.

Oxfordshire community group looks for new lessee to run pub

24-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

A community group that took over its local pub in Oxfordshire five years ago is looking for a new lessee to run the venue.

Licensee loses appeal hearing against Enterprise Inns

15-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Kirsty Valentine of the Alma in Islington, London, has lost her appeal hearing against Enterprise Inns at the Shoreditch and Clerkenwell County Court.

Statutory code: BII clarifies 'misinterpreted data' in consultation paper

29-Apr-2013 By Mike Berry

The BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) has moved to clarify what it calls "misinterpreted data" in the Government's consultation document on a statutory code for the relationship between pub companies and their tenants.

Statutory code: Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen defends leased sector

23-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen and Punch executive chairman Stephen Billingham have defended the leased sector.

Nine Bramwell Pub Company sites up for sale with Christie+Co

08-Apr-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Christie+Co has put nine pubs run by Bramwell Pub Company on the market.

Statutory code: Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis will contribute to pubco-tenant regulation plans

31-Jan-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis will be involved in the Government’s plans to introduce a statutory code of conduct and an adjudicator for the pubco-tenant relationship.

Statutory code: 'tied' and 'tenanted' agreements to be targeted

16-Jan-2013 By Adam Pescod

The Government has confirmed that all tied pub agreements will be covered by the proposed statutory code and adjudicator for pub companies and tenants.

A third of new Hall and Woodhouse tenants recruited from managed houses

16-Jan-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

A third of Hall & Woodhouse tenants were recruited from managed houses in the last two years, it has been revealed.

Fair Pint founder Mark Dodds' former pub Sun and Doves is re-let

19-Dec-2012 By Adam Pescod

The former pub of Fair Pint founder Mark Dodds has been let by Antic Ltd, the London-based multiple pub operator.

JD Wetherspoon asks landlords to cut insurance costs

20-Nov-2012 By John Harrington & Adam Pescod

JD Wetherspoon has asked around 400 of its landlords to reduce its insurance costs after discovering that the company could save between 25% and 75% by securing its own cover.

Pub rent reviews: In praise of PIRRS

28-Aug-2012 By Barry Gillham

When the Pubs Independent Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS) was introduced in 2009, it was seen as the new BII-led low-cost ‘arbitration’ service. Barry Gillham, chairman at property agent Fleurets, explains why the scheme is the way forward.

Harveys could apply pub franchise agreement to future pub acquisitions

24-Aug-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Harveys, the Sussex brewer and pub operator, could apply its pub franchise agreement to future pub acquisitions, joint managing director Hamish Elder has revealed.

Wigham: And the latest fashion is... beat up the big guy

18-Jul-2012 By Paul Wigham

It seems that big is not beautiful any more. At the time of writing, Barclays is going through the wringer for wrongful London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) manipulation and mis-selling financial instruments, with casualties including the chief executive...

Daniel Thwaites sets £15,000 ‘floor’ price for tenant earnings

02-Jul-2012 By John Harrington

Lancashire brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has set a £15,000 ‘floor’ price for tenant earnings, director of pub operations Andrew Buchanan told the Tenanted Pub Company Summit.

Fuller's launches an enhanced agreement for tenants

08-Jun-2012 By John Harrington

Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has launched an ‘enhanced’ agreement for tenants aimed at reducing the burden of red tape.

Punch puts the lease of licensee Dave Mountford's Rising Sun up for sale

07-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The lease of the Rising Sun, in Middleton, Derbyshire — the pub run by licensee Dave Mountford — has been put up for sale on the Punch Taverns website.

Sixty years of Timothy Taylor's award-winning Landlord

22-May-2012 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz says we should all raise our glasses to 60 glorious years of Timothy Taylor’s award-winning Landlord pale ale.

Bernard Brindley takes over BII chairmanship following Grant departure

18-May-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Bernard Brindley has been unveiled as the new chairman of the BII, following Martin Grant’s resignation earlier this week.

Pub lease lengths are decreasing say property agents

15-May-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Pub property agents agree with new research showing that lease lengths have decreased, with fewer people wanting to take on 20 to 30-year leases.

Scottish & Newcastle seeks lessees for 48 vacant pubs

13-Apr-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) is looking for lessees for 48 vacant pubs, which are to receive transformational refurbishments totalling £5m.

Why I’m calling time on (part of) the trade

23-Mar-2012 By Michael Kheng

For those who follow Kurnia Licensing on Twitter and Facebook you will already be aware of my plans to exit the retail side of the industry.  Over the past few years I have reduced the estate down to four outlets — three freeholds and one leasehold.

Famous lessee hands back keys on two Greene King pubs

21-Mar-2012 By Phil Mellows

A lessee has spoken of his heartbreak at having to hand back the keys on two Brighton pubs with a combined annual turnover of £1.25 million.