Provence tenants can hand keys back: Kiely
17-Nov-2005
Company will allow forfeiture of any pub lease within 28 days by The PMA Team Pub-owning company Provence has told its licensees that they can hand...
Provence fights back
17-Nov-2005
Provence sells pubs at London auctions for big profits on the price it has acquired them for by promising high rents. But tenants have complained...
Heat's on for over-rented pubs
03-Nov-2005
There have been claims that the pub-owning company Provence is charging tenants unaffordable rents at some country inns. Its pubs are sold to...
Tenant backs Provence
27-Oct-2005 By The PMA Team
Tenant backs Provence over high rents claims by The PMA Team Provence multiple tenant Nick Hogan has voiced strong support for the company in the...
Property round-up
24-Oct-2005
The Seven Stars is a 19th century inn in Twyford, Buckinghamshire. The two-storey property has a public bar, a restaurant with two dining areas for...
BBPA code to ease the
06-Oct-2005
strain of pub disputes by Tony Halstead Clearer guidelines governing the rocky relationship between pub owners and their tenants are set to be...
A seller's market
21-Sep-2005
Michelle Perrett takes a look at how the pub property industry has changed in the last 30 years.In 1975 Jaws hit our movie screens, Fawlty Towers was...
Wheelwright Arms offers handy B&B
15-Sep-2005
If you've got your heart set on taking over the tenancy of a substantial Somerset pub, restaurant and B&B in a prosperous catchment area, then...
Survey roundup key findings from the MA surveys
25-Aug-2005
Over the past three weeks, the MA has published the results of its surveys into the freehouse, tenancy & leasehold and managed sectors. Here are...
Pubco turned bully boys as we battle bankruptcy
25-Aug-2005
I read with interest your opinion article 'Struggling hosts need help in the 11 August issue of the Morning Advertiser and write regarding this and...
RICS to examine rent calculation
11-Aug-2005
by Ewan Turney The co-founder of the Freedom for Pubs Association (FFPA) is hopeful that significant progress can now be made in calculating fairer...
Time was finally called on Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group
04-Aug-2005
It came as no big surprise when SFI Group slid into administration last month. This was a company that had been in intensive care since late 2002...
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...
Fleurets' annual rental survey published
20-Jun-2005
High-street operators in the West End of London continue to pay the highest rents in the country, reveals the Rental Survey 2005 from property agent...
Drink Talking: Brian Jacobs
02-Jun-2005
Guidance to valuers over beer-tie tenants ensures that an unfair situation is perpetuated says Brian Jacobs, accountant and co-founder, Freedom For...
BPF pledge to stop sub-letting restrictions a boost for pubs
18-May-2005
Moves by the British Property Federation (BPF) to make it easier for businesses to sub-let unwanted space will help the pub trade, says Colin...
Legal advice: Selling a leasehold
06-May-2005
Do you know the factors to be considered when selling a leasehold pub?By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London...
M&B's franchise estate poised to top 100-mark
28-Apr-2005
by Tony Halstead Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers is marketing 22 further pubs as franchise leases. If all the pubs are successfully...
Minister rules out ban on upward-only rents
24-Mar-2005
by Ewan Turney A ban on upward-only rents has been dismissed by the Government in a blow to pub tenants and lessees across Britain. The decision...
Property round-up
11-Mar-2005
The Royal Oak at Much Marcle sits in a 3.5 acre site on the Ledbury to Ross-on-Wye road and is surrounded by apple orchards. The business has high...
Negotiate rent with smoke ban in mind says property expert
08-Mar-2005
Licensees need to start negotiating their rents to take into account the likelihood of a smoking ban, says a leading property specialist. Howard Day,...
Report says hosts fail in lease negotiations
03-Mar-2005
by Ewan Turney A general lack of property awareness and a failure to seek legal advice mean that the vast majority of small business tenants, such...
Peachtree tests water with 80-year leases
24-Feb-2005
A new pub company is to trial an 80-year free-of-tie assignable lease on two pubs in East Anglia. The pair the Sibton White Horse, near...
Recouping closure losses
24-Feb-2005
QWhen we took over this lease, the premises was in a bad state in certain parts and despite numerous requests, the brewery did nothing. All of a...
Legal advice: Tenancy is simplified
02-Feb-2005
Renewing leases has been made an easier and less expensive procedure with potential pitfalls removed.By Keith Miller, of thePublican.com's team of...
Going for Gould
27-Jan-2005
Stephen Gould made the switch from major pubco to family firm two years ago, and will now take over as Everards' MD six months earlier than planned....
A speedy solution
27-Jan-2005
MP Martin O'Neill, the man who led the Trade & Industry Select Committee's recent probe into the pubcos, tells Daniel Pearce why the subsequent...
Property round-up
20-Jan-2005
The Old Castle in Weymouth, is close to the Sands Foot beach and has a three diamond rating with the local tourist board. The pub has recently been...
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...
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...
The boy done not too bad
06-Jan-2005
The Trade & Industry Select Committee's pubco report is a curious mixture of naivety and crassness but also spot-on accuracy of judgement....
Landlords must open books for fairer rents'
09-Dec-2004
The rent review process is heavily weighted against the pubco tenant, argues ALEX SALUSSOLIA, chairman of the Association of Licensed Multiple...
High street saturation affecting rent reviews, say valuers
22-Nov-2004
The slow A3 letting market is making rent reviews difficult, according to Bill Graham and Paul Newby of property agent Fleurets. When conducting a...
ODPM to draw conclusions on rent next year
03-Nov-2004
John Prescott's office is not expected to issue findings on its commercial leases consultation until early next year. The Office of the Deputy Prime...
Legal advice: Reviewing rent reviews
02-Nov-2004
By David Clifton of our team of legal experts at London solicitors Joelson Wilson.Upwards only rent reviews (UORRs) have been targeted by the Office...
In our defence
14-Oct-2004
Barry Gillham answers the criticism levelled at chartered surveyors over rent reviews in the wake of the Trade & Industry investigation.As a...
Careers in managed pubs: The right start
29-Sep-2004
The pub industry offers a brilliant career but what is the best way in? This new Special Report, Careers in Managed Pubs, aims to help aspiring...
A spanner in the works
23-Sep-2004
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was called to give evidence at the pubco inquiry. But with the OFT sticking rigidly to its remit, was it the right...
Legal advice: Tenancies in the balance
16-Aug-2004
Is the landlord-tenant relationship weighted in the landlord's favour? The Trade and Industry inquiry has put the issue under the spotlight as never...
JW looks after 'his mates'
04-Aug-2004
JW Lees offers a 'cooling-off' scheme for new licensees. Michelle Perett takes a closer look at the agreement.Many licensees will know of regional...
Greene King refuses to rest on its Laurels
15-Jul-2004
Buoyed up by strong results, Greene King is back on the acquisition trail with its £654m deal for Laurel's community pubs. John Porter looks at a...
Legal advice: Commercial leases
14-Jul-2004
Can a voluntary code of practice ever work when it comes to setting commercial leases?By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from...
A question of disclosure
14-Jul-2004
Round two of the Trade and Industry Committee inquiry into the pubcos found they were not alone in facing a rough ride. Daniel Pearce reports.Are too...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: Using the listings
07-Jul-2004
So you want to run your own pub? There are a few things you need to know first.Most people who take a fancy that they'd like a pub understandably go...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: Finance
07-Jul-2004
Specialist licensed trade accounts can help make the difference between success and failure for any tenant or lessee - which is an attractive...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: Pubco Profile - Heritage Inns
07-Jul-2004
The only way is up for Heritage Inns and its tenants, says MD John O'Neill.Last summer, the landlord-tenant relationship at the Ram in Peterborough...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: Pubco Profile - Punch Taverns
07-Jul-2004
The giant pubco's new Retailer Agreement aims to make life as simple as possible for any potential lessee.Many of the problems between pub tenant and...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: The pubco-tenant relationship
07-Jul-2004
The pubco-tenant relationship has dominated the news of late. Phil Mellows assesses the situation.The 2004 Tenancies & Leases Guide is published...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: Pubco Profile - Hall & Woodhouse
07-Jul-2004
Dorset-based Hall & Woodhouse has been raising the profile of its tenanted estate of late and is determined to make it a thing to be proud...
Tenancies & Leases Guide: The Tie
07-Jul-2004
Pub leases are coming under tough scrutiny reports Michelle Perrett, while Phil Mellows puts the beer tie into historical perspective.A parliamentary...
