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....
23-Oct-2009 By Tim Munden
Tim Martin argued that fraudulent property deals may have distorted high-street rents. Tim Munden of Davis Coffer Lyons, responds.
22-Oct-2009 By Nick Bish
Pubs need the freedom to succeed — ALMR chairman Nick Bish looks at the pub world post-mediation. A lot of water has gone under the bridge in the...
20-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
The FLVA has defended its decision to back the BBPA's moves to compel pubcos to offer a better deal for tenants rather than give full support to more wide-ranging reform.
19-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) claims to represent 25,000 licensees and is not for the total abolition of the beer tie.
19-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BBPA's new Framework Code of Practice on the Granting of Tenancies and Leases is nothing more than best practice, according to the GMV.
Banks wouldn't pull the plug on rent strike-hit pubcos. Would they?
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The threat by a small group of licensees to withhold rent payments from their pubco landlords could fizzle out like a rocket firework on a damp...
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Angry tied pub tenants will march on Parliament on 7 December demanding urgent action on rents and the beer tie. The march is being organised by Justice for Licensees leader Inez Ward.
RICS report will tackle "misconceptions" around rents, says BBPA
16-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed the RICS report on pub rents will help resolve some "long-standing misunderstandings and...
Campaigners and ALMR welcome rent report
16-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Campaign group Fair Pint and CAMRA have welcomed a report promising greater fairness in the way pub rents are set. In the report, published today,...
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The tied tenant should be financially no worse off than the free of tie tenant — that is the key finding of the Royal Institute of Chartered...
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has welcomed the findings of the report into the fairness of rent setting.
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII is not sitting on the fence despite being the only group in support of both industry agreements. The BII has signed up to the British Beer...
15-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's has reported that 30 tenants out of a group of 60 licensees offered one of its "Advance" leases has taken up the offer.
15-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The breakdown of the landmark pub trade mediation talks prove there is a real need for mandatory reform to the tied pub model, says Greg Mulholland.
Marston's to spend £45m building new food-led pubs
15-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Midlands brewer Marston's is to splash the cash on building new pubs in the coming year. The group confirmed it planned to increase capital...
In the wake of mediation: what happens next?
15-Oct-2009
BBPA promises "fundamental reforms" According to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) licensees are set to benefit from "fundamental...
14-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has reached a binding agreement with key licensee groups for reform.
14-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Trade union GMB has slammed the British Beer & Pub Association's new code for tenancies for failing to address the issue of unfair pricing to...
14-Oct-2009 By Roger Whiteside
Roger Whiteside took over as boss of Punch's leased division a year ago. He talks about what he has discovered — and the way forward. I joined...
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.
08-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has called for action to make the pub property market more transparent and counter the "huge" potential for...
08-Oct-2009 By Tim Martin
Wetherspoon's (JDW's) former retained agents Van de Berg (VdB) were paid £14m in fees between 1996 and 2005, and located about 600 pubs for us....
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub tenants and lessees can get rent review advice at the BII Rent Review Roadshow in Newcastle.
02-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The trespass row between host George Scott and Punch Taverns has ended, with the judge returning the lease into Scott's name. Scott, licensee of the...
29-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Anti-pubco campaigner and Enterprise licensee Mike Bell has failed to get leave to appeal against an arbitration ruling that saw his rent increase by...
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.
10-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees hit by the economic downturn could find it easier to secure rent reductions at rent reviews after a High Court judgment. Judge Iain Hughes...
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...
03-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch's move to stop rentalising machine income is a "half-hearted" response to the Business and Enterprise Committee report.
01-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has begun to stop rentalising machine income in a move that will boost pub income for licensees by around £1,250 per annum. The...
27-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
The firm that manages Wellington Pub Company's free-of-tie estate says it doesn't expect to offer any rent reductions to licensees. Tenant says Wellington's view is that they are not like Punch and Enterprise.
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...
28-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco brigade Fair Pint has called for a genuine independent representative body for tenants. Fair Pint believes Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen's...
Publican awards finalists buy out leases
24-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Two Publican award finalists have bought the freeholds of the pubs they had been leasing from Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns. Publican Food &...
Pub values have bottomed out
23-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Licensed property experts believe pub values have bottomed out, according to a poll by the Association of Valuers of Licensed Property. In a poll...
Marston's to roll-out free-trade price rent deals
18-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) plans to trial a new lease agreement later this year which it believes will boost profitability for its licensees,...
Pubcos move to remove machine income from rent calculations
25-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
As the country's pubcos try to fend off a referral of the industry to the Competition Commission, Bedford brewer Charles Wells became the latest...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells Pub Company is promising a fairer deal on machine income for its tenants. The operator will still share the income with licensees but...
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
New Punch boss Roger Whiteside has given the sector's first indication of how a post-Bec tenanted pub company will look. The PMA Team gives it the once-over.
Punch to ditch restrictive covenants
15-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns will attend this weeks ALMR 'mediation' meeting armed with a range of proposed amendments to its lease agreements, including removing...
08-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch has admitted that the tied model must evolve to offer greater protection for its tenants, in a letter to its licensees. Punch tenanted boss...
04-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
We are far from perfect, but we are listening and we are willing to change — that is the message from Punch Taverns as it looks to evolve its model...
20-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scrapping the tie would result in higher rents, a restriction in the choice of beer and more pub closures, BBPA tells MPs.
20-May-2009 By Ewan Turney & Gemma McKenna
The way tied tenants are being treated by pubcos is an "absolute national disgrace" — that was the savage attack launched by Greg Mullholland.
14-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
The pubco model, run correctly, can be mutually beneficial but in its current state it is an utter and ignominious failure, says campaigner Inez Ward.
ALMR warns against Competition Commission investigation
13-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A leading trade body wants disputes between pubcos and their tenants to be resolved without an investigation by the Competition Committee. The...
13-May-2009 By The PMA Team
The Business and Enterprise Committee published a highly critical report on the pubco/tenant relationship today. The Morning Advertiser reports the...
13-May-2009 By Peter Luff
Writing exclusively for the Morning Advertiser, Bec chairman Peter Luff explains why the Competition Commission should probe pubcos. For nearly a...
