Leasehold Estate

Inez Ward evicted from Enterprise pub

03-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney

High profile tenant rights activist Inez Ward will be evicted from her Enterprise Inns pub on Thursday next week (9 July).

St Austell accredited for lease code clarity

01-Jul-2009 By John Harrington

St Austell is the latest tenanted pub operator to have its lease code of practice accredited for its clarity under a BII-backed scheme. The BII...

Recession prompts rise in pub applications

10-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Regional brewers say applications for tenanted pubs have risen sharply since the start of the year — with increased redundancies cited as a reason....

Act now to save Ban the Thug Act

24-Apr-2009 By Peter Coulson

It is great to see that National Pubwatch has started to campaign for the protection of licensees from thugs, says Peter Coulson.

Third of Punch pubs 'churned' in three years

15-Apr-2009 By John Harrington

One in three Punch pubs has changed hands over the past three years, says the anti-pubco GMB union as it repeats its call for the beer tie to end

Greene King gets rid of cooling-off

02-Apr-2009 By John Harrington

Greene King has abandoned cooling-off periods for in-coming licensees in favour of 12-month stand-alone tenancies to give hosts a flavour of running...

High profile campaigner forced to close pub

23-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney

High profile lessee rights campaigner Inez Ward has been forced to shut her pub after bailiffs cut off the electricity. Ward, Enterprise licensee at...

Brakspear rolls out new tenancy agreements

16-Mar-2009 By John Harrington

Brakspear Pub Company plans to move most of its tenants onto its new longer six-year agreements that offer new discounts. Barrelage discounts of up...

Heavitree puts pubs on market as it phases out its managed division

08-Mar-2009

Heavitree, the Exeter-based brewer, has put three of its pubs on the market as part of plans to convert its managed estate into tenanted or leased...

County's new short lease deals

26-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team

County Estate Management has launched a new free-of-tie tenancy for the 260-strong estate of Pubfolio pubs it manages. Would-be licensees are being...

Enterprise's £150-a-barrel discount

19-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team

Enterprise Inns is offering a new lease agreement that means licensees earn a £150-a-barrel discount if they exceed barrelage targets. It's part of...

Punch Taverns commits to RPI-related rent decrease

13-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns has guaranteed it will match any move by the retail prices index (RPI) into negative territory with a reduction in rent for its...

Enterprise tenancy offers more scope

22-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead

Enterprise Inns has made major changes to its basic tenancy agreement to meet growing licensee demands for a more flexible trading deal.

Thwaites starts new deal

15-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead

Regional brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has launched a new tenancy agreement aimed at giving its licensees new essential tools to trade in a...

ALMR urges flexibility over beer tie

15-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has been forced to clarify its position on the beer tie following controversial evidence given...

What to do if your landlord goes bust

13-Jan-2009

What do you do if you are a tenant in a pub and your landlord goes into administration or liquidation? What can you do to protect your tenancy? It's...

Thwaites launches new tenancy agreement

12-Dec-2008 By Tony Halstead

Regional brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has launched a new tenancy agreement aimed at giving its licensees new essential tools to trade in a...

'Mutuality' is way forward

11-Dec-2008 By Alistair Darby

A win-win approach between landlord and tenant is even more important in tough trading conditions, says Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby.

Winning friends and influencing people

24-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ

No stranger to controversy he, Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen certainly put the cat among the pigeons last week. Coming on the day the...

Enterprise licensee to speak at pubco power inquiry

06-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore

A Enterprise Inns lessee and anti-pubco group Fair Pint will be among the first to speak to MPs when a long-awaited review of pubco power starts...

Working through the tough times

21-Oct-2008

How tough are you finding the market conditions right now?Of course they are challenging. But it's funny if you compare it to 1991 and 1992. I was...

£74-a-day electric bill for new hosts

26-Sep-2008 By John Harrington

Hosts were charged a staggering £74 per day for electricity at a 40-cover pub after being stuck paying inflated "out-of-contract" rates. BizzEnergy...

3D moves sites to tenancy to reduce losses

07-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team

Chicago Rock Cafe operator 3D Entertainment is to try to find tenants for its loss-making sites to reduce losses with nightclubs to let for as little as £1,000-£4,000 a week.

The tie that binds

02-Sep-2008

It's understandable that many licensees see the tie as some malicious device invented by landlords to make their lives as painful as possible. But it...

Punch officially launches latest 50 managed conversions

28-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns has officially launched the latest batch of 50 pubs it is converted from managed to lease through agent Christie & Co. The pubs,...

Cains bids due, Dusanj brothers tipped for brewery

22-Aug-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Bids for Cains Beer Company are due to be lodged with administrators Pricewaterhouse Coopers today.

Pioneering Batemans to scrap rent reviews

14-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team

In an industry first, Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans is offering to scrap rent reviews for existing and new tenants in an attempt to remove tenants' fear that they will be "punished" for trading success.

Two more pubcos get lease accreditation

01-Jul-2008 By John Harrington

Charles Wells Pub Company and Trust Inns are the latest tenanted operators to have their codes of practices for leases accredited for their clarity....

Letting on to a secret

19-Jun-2008

After 11 years as tenant of the King Alfred pub in Winchester, Gary Swan tells Noli Dinkovski why he has converted to leasehold Steeped in history...

Pring: Winning the generation game

12-Jun-2008 By Andrew Pring

MA editor discusses the joys of youthful licensees

White Horse Inn: Next on the list

29-May-2008

Financing is always an issue when purchasing a property, be it a pub or your main home. Luckily, we have a major advantage in that the premises are...

Nothing going on but the rent

29-May-2008

Rent levels don't always get good press, but it doesn't pay to generalise Are Punch and Enterprise really the tyrants many licensees make them out to...

Doing the right thing

01-May-2008

Rob Jones, profit partnership director at George Bateman & Son, explains how the company has set about creating a deeper relationship of trust...

That four letter word

01-May-2008

Setting a fair rent is a thorny issue for both licensees and pubcos, but there are ways around the problem, says Clive Williams If licensees were...

OFT rejects new pubco probe

24-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

OFT: lease agreements do not raise concerns Situation "extremely worrying," says MP The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has rejected calls for a new...

Your say

10-Apr-2008

Tenants must unite to survive I have been trying recently to evaluate the plight of the pubco tenant. My partner and I have 18 years left on our...

The lease that broke the mould

03-Apr-2008

Two decades on, it may be hard for relative newcomers to understand just how much of a revolution was begun by Grand Met when it introduced its long...

Freeholds made easier

03-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

Fleurets and Coffer Corporate Leisure are teaming up to help pubco licensees buy the freehold of their pub. Fleurets has piloted the scheme with...

The legacy of Inntrepreneur

03-Apr-2008

Opinion is divided on whether Inntrepreneur's changes were good or bad, but no one can argue that its impact hasn't been far-reaching Everyone agrees...

Marston's to transfer nearly 50 managed pubs

03-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ

Midlands brewer Marston's is set to transfer nearly 50 of its managed pubs over to leased businesses.The group has identified 47 of its managed...

Luminar Group faces possible £3m lease reversion hit

01-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ

Luminar, the late night venue operator, has admitted it could be facing a property-related liability of up to £3m, should a number of leases revert...

Globe Pub Co beer volumes down 8%

31-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team

Globe Pub Company beer sales down by 8% and 35 pubs are paying nil rent

Flying the flag for family brewers

20-Mar-2008

Stockport-based Robinsons prides itself on keeping things simple and supporting licensees whenever possible. Tony Halstead reports Tenants of...

10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts

22-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team

Average tenanted licensee profit down 10%, says Goldman Sachs

The Agents

14-Feb-2008

Simon Chaplin Director corporate division Christie+Co The market has moved on in the last 12 months, turning from a sellers' to a buyers' market in...

Legal advice: Withholding rent

24-Sep-2007

Tenancy agreements usually require rent to be paid in advance on particular dates. If a tenant is facing financial problems and has trouble paying on...

MyShout

13-Sep-2007

When it comes to lease assignments, Peter Linacre reckons lessees should take far more care In the ongoing open warfare that describes the...

Leasehold market shows its strength

06-Sep-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

Property agents agree that the success of Christie+Co and Punch Taverns' recent letting campaign shows the strength of the leasehold market. The...

Christie + Co completes on over 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases

20-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario

Christie + Co has successfully transferred in excess of 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases

Chris Platts, Partner, Brownhill Vickers and Platts

01-Aug-2007

I find it hard to believe that your pubco has suddenly "found" a lease amendment and is looking to enforce it. Your first port of call must be the...