Office Of Fair Trading

'Fury as chance to save pubs lost'

15-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore

Campaigners last night blasted watchdogs for rejecting a shake-up that could save "hundreds of pubs". The Office of Fair Trading threw out a...

Pubs to benefit from land order ruling

13-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Following a consultation, the Department for Innovation, Business & Skills (BIS) concluded that it could "see no justification" for retaining the...

The arcane world of pub rents

30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team

It's all eyes now on Lord Mandelson in the wake of the Office of Fair Trading dismissing Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA's) super-complaint. It's...

Fair Pint: OFT does not understand pubco model

22-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

The Office of Fair Trading has proved it does not understand the pubco business model, says Fair Pint.

OFT warns on minimum pricing

15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney

A minimum price on alcohol could damage competition and reduce innovation in the retail sector, the boss of the Office of Fair Trading has warned.

Licensees get better consumer protection

28-May-2008

Licensees will now have greater protection against rogue traders than ever before following the introduction of new Consumer Protection Regulations....

Legal advice: Trading standards ask licensees for anti-scam help

17-Oct-2006

Statistics from the Office of Fair Trading show that nearly half of the UK population - 20 million people over the age of 15 - have been targeted by...

Legal advice: Top ten anti-scam tips

16-Oct-2006

The world can seem a dangerous place for licensees. Over the past 12 months, pubs have faced threats from a string of professional scam artists who...

Licensing mess

15-Aug-2005

I run a pub which was recently sold by a major pub company as part of an Office of Fair Trading ruling. This pub company had offered to take full...