Secretary Vince Cable

Pub industry statutory code: Background, key points and reaction

05-Jun-2014 By Mike Berry

The Government has confirmed it will introduce a statutory code and independent adjudicator to govern the pubco/tenant relationship. It follows a lengthy wait for its response after a consultation in 2013. On this page we detail the main points of the...

Pubco regulation: Are all bets off?

11-Apr-2013 By Rob Willock

It almost seems apt that, on the weekend of the Grand National, the pubco regulation debate got caught up in Party Politics (winner, 1992).

Pub finance brokers slam Government's new bank plans

02-Oct-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Pub finance brokers have hit out at the Government’s plans to put £1bn into setting up a bank designed to increase the amount of lending to small and medium businesses.

Mulholland: Tenants should get a say over the pay and bonus of company executives

22-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group Chair, MP Greg Mulholland, has called for pubco licensees to have a say on the pay and bonus packages of company executives.

Pubs set to save under accounting plans

08-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Pubs could save up to £400 a year under plans to simplify accounting procedures put forward by the Government.

The finance conundrum

26-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

Bank lending came under the nerve-shredding gaze of Business Secretary Vince Cable last week, and let's face it, the LibDem minister was not a happy...

Vince Cable to speak at industry event

24-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Business secretary Vince Cable has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at an industry event. He will talk at the Business in Sport & Leisure...

Vince Cable to star at BISL conference

24-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney

Business secretary Vince Cable is to be the keynote speaker at the Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) annual conference.

'Cable looks to boost lending by banks'

26-Jul-2010

Banks are set to come under renewed pressure from the government to increase lending to small firms. Business Secretary Vince Cable says banks are...

Vince Cable: Pubs are 'frustrated' with the tie

21-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

Business secretary Vince Cable has sent a fresh warning to pubcos saying they are on "probation" and face "legislative action" if reform is not...

Pro-pub MPs in Cameron's Cabinet

13-May-2010 By John Harrington

Three members of David Cameron's new Cabinet signed a pledge to help pubs before the election, it has emerged. Business secretary Vince Cable, chief...