Wellington Pub Company

£2.7m rent dispute between Wellington and tenants

18-Jan-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Millions of pounds of rent owed to billionaire-owned pub group Wellington Pub Company from some of its tenants is currently in dispute, according to a survey.

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Licensees rebuff billionaire-owned pubco's rent offer

29-May-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Wellington Pub Company publicans have rebuffed the landlord’s offer of three months’ free rent and two quarters charged at 50%, following an updated statement from the pub group.

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Diary of an (empty) pub landlord – a month in Covid-19 lockdown

27-Apr-2020 By Piers Baker

Piers Baker, owner and manager of the Sun Inn in Dedham on Essex/Suffolk border for more than 17 years, details his experience of running a pub since the Government ordered shutdown on 20 March.

PM Theresa May asked to help save Maidenhead pub

28-Mar-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Campaigners have called on Prime Minister Theresa May to help save a pub in her Maidenhead constituency from closing.

Wellington Pub Company successfully overturn ACV listing

02-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Wellington Pub Company has successfully overturned an asset of community value listing at its west London pub, the Red Lion in Isleworth.

Government publishes consultation on statutory code into pubco-tenant relationship

22-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Plans for a statutory adjudicator for the pubco/tenant relationship would save tenants £100m per year, and ensure tied pubs are "no worse off than free-of-tie pubs", the Government has said today as it publishes its consultation into the move.

Wellington Pub Co posts £5.7m loss

19-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ

Wellington Pub Company, one of the UK's largest privately-owned pub operators, posted a £5.7m loss in the year to March 31, 2010. The operator,...

Third pub for Flatcappers

15-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team

Flatcappers, the West Country pub company headed by Alex Reilley and ex-Bibendum manager Pierre Woodford, has completed on its third pub.

Drug-bust pub had illegal tenant

05-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna

A pub at the centre of a £500,000 drugs bust was being operated by an illegally-assigned tenant without landlord Wellington Pub Company's knowledge....

Mannion buys 4th in NW London

30-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna

London operator Brian Mannion has taken on a fourth pub in the north-west of the capital. Mannion bought the Wellington Pub Company lease on the...

Pubco refuses rent cuts

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.

Lack of solvent tenants hits Wellington

02-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team

The 829-strong Wellington Pub Company estate is seeing a shortage of "experienced and solvent tenants", management company Criterion Asset Management...

Case study: Another kettle of fish

06-Nov-2008

If you had to hazard a guess at the meal of choice of a regular at the Blacksmiths Arms, you might go for a thick crust pie crammed with steak, or...

Turnover up 5% at Wellington pubco

06-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team

Wellington Pub Company, the tenanted operator with 850 free-of-tie pubs that is owned by the Reuben brothers, has reported a very robust increase in...

Licensees warned over lease reassignments

09-Nov-2006

Licensees have been warned to take full legal advice when reassigning their leases. More lessees have contacted The Publican, concerned that they...

City Briefs

02-Nov-2006

Wellington shows drop in profit Wellington Pub Company, the tenanted pub company owned by the Reuben brothers, which runs around 800 free-of tie...

Ex-licensees warned over reassigned leases

12-Oct-2006

Thousands of ex-licensees could face legal action from pub companies for reassigning their leases to unsuccessful tenants. The issue has been raised...

Jet refused licence after 15 years of trouble

27-Apr-2006

A Hertfordshire pub owned by Wellington Pub Company has been refused a licence after 15 years of trouble and complaints from residents. Three Rivers...

Wellington under fire on insurance

13-Jan-2005

by Ewan Turney Irate Wellington Pub Company tenants have voiced outrage at plans to charge them more than £500 each for a revaluation of the...

What the Sunday papers said

29-Aug-2004

The Reuben brothers, the billionaire private investors, are believed to have agreed an estimated £400 million deal to buy the Wellington Pub Company...

Property briefs

18-Jul-2003

Ascot Inns, the Berkshire-based pub company, has opened its third A Bar 2 Far in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The company purchased the former Bar 54,...

Is this the reshaping of the leased pub market?

24-May-2000

How will the emergence of Punch Taverns and Wellington Pub Company reshape the leased pub market? Everyone knew things would change in pub leasing...