Tie

Family brewers warn MPs against scrapping the beer tie

08-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore

Family brewers have written to MPs fiercely defending the beer tie as part of a bid to increase politicians' understanding of the controversial...

The tie's moral dimension

12-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team

So where are we after last week's pubco/tenant report? More than half of the UK's pubs are subject to a supply agreement called the tie, says The PMA Team.

MPs call for urgent action against "mercenary" pubcos

23-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore

MPs from all main parties have mounted a renewed attack on pubcos and called for government intervention, during a lively debate in Parliament today....

Mark Daniels: The Beer Mitten

26-Jan-2010

I often wonder if the furore we hear daily over the state of the pub industry and, most specifically, the Beer Tie would be lessened if the industry...

Mark Daniels: It's time for the cheap shots to end

23-Oct-2009

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to get a customer to praise you? It's the same in all walks of life and all industries. Customers are quick to...

Fair Pint: nothing to fear from free of tie future

14-Oct-2009 By Karl Harrison

There is nothing to fear from a free-of-tie future, argues Fair Pint campaigner and Enterprise tenant Karl Harrison.

90 days to reshape the trade

04-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring

The Campaign for Real Ale has stepped into the fray over the beer tie — to the dismay of the Fair Pint campaigners, says Andrew Pring.

GMV votes for an end to the beer tie

28-May-2009 By Gemma McKenna

The Guild of Master Victuallers (GMV) will "take all steps necessary" to bring about the abolition of the tie.

Family brewers fight for the beer tie

23-Apr-2009

Disgruntled licensees, maverick MPs and 'fat cat' pub companies… there have been a lot of voices sounding off on the beer tie in recent months. But...

Tales of the tie

04-Sep-2008 By James Wilmore

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The tie that binds

02-Sep-2008

It's understandable that many licensees see the tie as some malicious device invented by landlords to make their lives as painful as possible. But it...

Fit to be tied?

21-Aug-2008 By Clive Williams

If the tie goes, the cake will simply have to be cut in a different way, says Clive Williams Dave Law's comments (Your Say, MA, 7 August 2008) on my...

Tied to the dress-code

10-Aug-2006 By Rosie Davenport

Is it the end of the tie for men? Nigel Huddleston and Rosie Davenport look at the changing face of the industry