Employment Law: Transfer trouble
08-Nov-2010
An empty pub means no revenue from rent, premises potentially vulnerable to vandalism, and ownership of an uninsurable asset which may be...
02-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
The already buoyant freetrade sector is predicted to grow over the next few years. Tony Halstead reports. There are approximately 18,000 freehouses...
26-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Yorkshire brewer Timothy Taylor has gained "Crystal Mark" status for its pub tenancy agreements to show they are written in clear, plain English....
06-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stocktakers Venners has reported an "encouraging uptake" of around 500 for its dedicated tenancy division launched earlier this year. The division...
03-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Tenants signing up to long leases need to have a very strong business strategy to survive the full term, says The PMA Team.
27-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The average length of a lease has fallen to its lowest recorded level with 97% of small businesses having a lease less than 10 years long. The...
Low rent review activity likely to continue, says agent
05-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
A leading property agent is predicting further low levels of rent review activity as tenants, hit by the tough market conditions, continue to oppose...
29-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Greene King tenant is suing the company for more than £230,000 after attempts to lease the pub or buy the freehold failed. Meadowden Holdings...
28-Jul-2010 By Neil Morgan
The Pub Industry Framework Code of Practice has made me optimistic that the future of this industry is on firmer footing, says Neil Morgan.
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Wiltshire brewer and retailer Wadworth's has reported turnover up, but profit down for its most recent year. The company saw turn-over rise from...
14-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Ex-licensees who left to work abroad are returning to take on UK pubs, according to three tenanted operators. The UK's improving economy and more...
01-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
New entrants to the pub trade will now have to undertake a two-hour course to ensure they understand the complexities of the leased model.
Serious rent disputes being reported at least once a week
30-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 40 "serious" enquiries have been received since the industry launched an independent service to settle rent disputes. In the first six...
Legal Q&A - Property with Colman Coyle
25-Jun-2010
Is a temporary rent reduction possible? Q I'm finding it difficult to pay my rent but I don't want to default on my lease and lose my pub. I've heard...
Property law: Heads of terms (HOT) - don't lose your head
24-Jun-2010
Clear and well thought-out heads of terms (HOTs) are crucial to the smooth running of any pub lease negotiations, so what should you be looking out...
New RPI leases can damage your wealth
17-Jun-2010 By Paul Wigham
RPI leases defy logic and are punishing tenants, says Paul Wigham, chief executive of Orange Sun Bars.
17-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's has decided to scrap RPI rent increases in its new lease on the basis that they create too much rent uncertainty for licensees..
20-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Batemans' new tenancy agreement lets hosts earn back cash plus interest on any investment they make in their pub. Under the new Capital Investment...
22-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Profit at tenanted and managed pub operator Punch Taverns dropped 18% for the 28 weeks to 6 March on last year as it warned conditions remained...
Scores on the Doors warning for pubs
13-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee who feels he was harshly treated by health inspectors is warning new tenants to let authorities know when they start, to avoid the same...
Trust Inns — Better pubs through better people
22-Mar-2010 By Trust Inns
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05-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has slammed the "sinister" activities of the GMB union in a letter to the Business Skills and Innovation Committee.
02-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The TLC Group — run by award winning multiple lessee Steve Haslam — has taken on a temporary management contract for Enterprise Inns.
Hall & Woodhouse to roll out new tenancy agreements
11-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) is to introduce a new three-year tenancy agreement supported by a 12-month support package. Following a...
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is set to unveil a range of new lease agreements and support packages in the coming weeks as it seeks to attract new tenants and help...
11-Dec-2009 By David Morgan
David Morgan of Cookseys DMP and critic of the large tenanted pubcos describes what he comes across in his professional role. Breaking up is so very...
08-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Pubcos were slated for their treatment of tenants on BBC's Inside Out programme on Monday night. Peter Luff MP pulled no punches, referring to the...
26-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has been criticised for refusing a code of practice (CoP) rent review to a licensee because his lease is free of tie.
S&N Pub Company offering tie-free deal
23-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company is offering 19 vacant pubs on free-of-tie leases. The move comes after the pubs, which are spread across the...
Machine income will be left out of rent calculation, says Enterprise
19-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Enterprise Inns has revealed that a licensee's share of machine income will no longer be taken into account when the company conducts rent reviews....
17-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise is to offer all its licensees the chance to go free-of-tie on wine, spirits, minerals and AWP machines next year. The move follows the...
GMB mounts protest over evicted tenant
09-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
The GMB union is planning a demonstration outside a South London pub this morning to highlight its claim that pubcos are "overcharging" tenants for...
05-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Wellington Pub Company, the 829-strong free-of-tie pub company, has seen a 2.6% decline in Ebitda.
02-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The GMB trade union is to hold a demonstration against the eviction of an Admiral Taverns tenant, who has been at his pub for 17 years. Bill Synan...
27-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Trying to broker an agreement with the parties involved in mediation talks between pub tenants and their landlords was described by one observer as "like herding cats", says The PMA Team.
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
BII boss Neil Robertson believes that life will be much better for new and existing pub tenants as a result of the new code of practice for pubcos....
22-Oct-2009 By Alastair Darby
Mediation achieved more than you might think. Here's the view of Alistair Darby, managing director of Marston's Pub Company. Fair Pint, the ALMR,...
RICS promises new code of practice on pub rents
16-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Guidance on how pub rents are set will be reviewed after the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) admitted "greater transparency" was...
14-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has set itself the goal of becoming the "most trusted and best value" pubco in the UK. The pubco said that it had continued to evolve...
09-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Next week Enterprise Inns hopes to sell the freehold of seven of its best pubs in an Allsops auction. The PMA Team looks at the move.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise licensees Charles and Leslie Brooker have won a rent review case against the company. The PMA Team looks at the judgement.
18-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans is to trial a partnership with a local micro-brewer at one of its tenanted pubs.
14-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise says a High Court ruling where rent at one of its pub was reduced "does not bind the outcome of any other lease renewal or rent review".
10-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King has been accused of enforcing a no-rent-reduction clause, regardless of the circumstances, at a Devon pub. An historic clause on the...
04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Shepherd Neame has revealed details of plans for more flexible tenancy agreements as part of a new package of measures for licensee support. The...
28-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
More pub operators will submit their lease codes of practice to be accredited for clarity after final details emerge of the Government's mandatory...
BII: fairer rents would help solve tie debate
28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The beer tie issue would take on "less significance" if rents were fairer according to members of the BII. The view is expressed in a letter by...
Sheps freezes beer prices for tenants until 2011
27-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Shepherd Neame is freezing prices on its beer products for more than a year as part of a major new support package for tenants, The Publican can...
27-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame is freezing beer prices for its tenants until January 2011 as part of a support package for existing and new tenants. The...
Punch lessess secures pub for £500k under valuation
06-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
A Punch Taverns lessee has managed to secure the freehold of their pub for £500,000 less than its valuation. Carl Scourfield and John Wright...
