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Code challenges: ‘Tenants are too busy for complexity and ambiguity because they've got businesses to run,’ Fiona Dickie says

The pubs code turns five

‘The industry can't continue to live in the past’

By Stuart Stone

To mark the fifth anniversary of the pubs code coming into force, and the creation of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA), current officeholder Fiona Dickie briefly reflects on the regulator’s past, present, and future.

Legislative landmark: The Morning Advertiser reflects on some of the pubs code's major milestones ahead of its fifth anniversary on 21 July

The pubs code turns five

Timeline: Five years of the pubs code and PCA

By The Morning Advertiser

The Morning Advertiser (MA) looks back on some of the pubs code's major milestones ahead of the fifth anniversary of its enforcement on 21 July.

Five years on: The Morning Advertiser has launched a survey to reflect on the five years since the pubs code came into force and the office of the pubs code adjudicator was established

MA SURVEY

Tell us: the pubs code five years on

By The Morning Advertiser

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the pubs code and the office of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA), The Morning Advertiser (MA) has launched a survey to reflect on the past five years.

Greater impact: ‘Just as I was starting to make a few quid for the first time in 15 months it has been completely wiped out and more’

Opinion

Isolation notices: The shark in the shallows

By Tim Tomlinson, operator of the White Cross, Merchants 1688, the Stonewall Tap, Lancaster, Lancashire

I am sure everyone in the sector is extremely happy about the news we will be allowed to open more or less as normal from 19 July.

Better times ahead: ‘As ever, there will be winners and losers in the sector depending on location, demographic, segment, management, ownership amongst other factors’

Opinion

Post-lockdown pub sector presents ‘once in a decade opportunity’

By Nigel Parson director, research, Finncap

The hospitality sector is on tenterhooks over the Government’s proposed roadmap out of lockdown on 21 June – dubbed ‘Freedom Day’ – according to Nigel Parson director, research, at strategic advisory and capital raising service provider Finncap.

Pubs win prizes: The winners of this year’s Pub Cup will receive free BT Sport for their pub for a year and £1,000 to spend in the BT shop.

BT Sport Pub Cup returns with Wembley final

By The Morning Advertiser

BT Sport is giving grassroots footballers across England a once in a lifetime opportunity to play on Wembley’s hallowed turf, as the BT Sport Pub Cup makes its return.

Metered access: Users will be asked to give their email address and basic industry-specific demographics after consuming a certain number of articles within 30 days

Morning Advertiser update

The Morning Advertiser website is changing

By Chris Lowe, publisher, The Morning Advertiser

Like many of the biggest media websites that have put journalism at the forefront of their strategy, we are implementing something called metered access – meaning users will be asked to register after consuming a certain number of articles within 30 days.

What is my brief? ‘I have to deliver and enforce the pubs code as it is, and not as some may argue it should be’

Opinion

Looking ahead: the post-Covid pubs code

By Fiona Dickie – pubs code adjudicator

The announcement that I would be the next pubs code adjudicator (PCA) was made on 24 February 2020. The first lockdown came just three weeks later.

Cash injection: Robinsons has invested across its estate during the coronavirus pandemic

Robinsons pub investment continues

By Nikkie Thatcher

North-west based brewer and operator Robinsons has invested millions into its pub estate amid the coronavirus crisis.

Relief effort: Under the Australian scheme, the government has made it mandatory for landlords to agree to a reduction in rent payable, of up to 100%, in proportion to the reduction in the tenant’s business during Covid-19 (Image: flyparade/Getty Images)

Calls for adoption of Australian rent relief model

By Georgi Gyton, MCA

A group of hospitality operators and property agents are calling on the Government to implement the same rent relief scheme as has been adopted in Australia, according to reports by MCA Insight.

Blue sky thinking: 'The level of optimism and positivity in the business, after a very, very challenging period, is sky high at the moment,' Shepherd Neame CEO Jonathan Neame said

‘Number one priority is to restore the business’

By Stuart Stone

Sharing a heartland with Covid-19’s ‘Kent variant’ has seen the vast majority of Shepherd Neame’s 300-odd sites shuttered for more than five months. As such, CEO Jonathan Neame is looking forward to what he believes will be a ‘very good summer’.

Online event: the next MA500 conference will be taking place virtually (image: Getty/Russian Labo)

MA500

MA500 May 2021 agenda unveiled

By The Morning Advertiser

The next MA500 conference is set to take place on Thursday 13 May and we can now reveal the topics we will cover at the online event.

Beer waste too bitter a pill: ‘As I engage with my own customers, I’ve learned that many have decided to leave their real ale taps off for the foreseeable future’

Opinion

We need to talk about cask…

By Sarah John, director, Boss Brewing

Like so many of us in this industry, I share in the hope that is being pinned on Monday 12 April – for England at least, if not for my home country of Wales.

Mixed views: ‘where the takings are low, you can be working for an hourly rate less than minimum wage’

Opinion

Will Uber ruling prevent publicans being taken for a ride?

By Phil Dixon, trade adviser

When the Supreme Court finally ruled that Uber drivers were definitely not self-employed, it called into question whether so-called self-employed pub managers working under ‘a percentage of take’ model were also really self-employed.

Industry celebration: the 2021 Publican Awards were held virtually on Tuesday 30 March

Publican Awards 2021

Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company - Greene King

By The Morning Advertiser

One of three awards scooped at a memorable 2021 Publican Awards, brewer and pub operator Greene King picked up the prize for Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company.

Community spirit: The Plunkett Foundation revealed that £4m was raised in community shares to save local pubs during 2020

13 community-owned pubs opened in 2020

By Stuart Stone

A new report from community business charity The Plunkett Foundation has uncovered increased demand for support to help communities regain control of essential local services over the past year.

Industry celebration: the awards were held virtually this evening (Tuesday 30 March)

Publican Awards 2021

Publican Awards 2021 winners revealed

By Ed Bedington

Despite the challenge of one of the toughest years on record, pub companies across the UK have continued to excel, and this year’s Publican Awards has honoured those that continued to fly the flag in the face of utter chaos.

Business comment: Stonegate leased and tenanted MD Nick Light said he was proud of the financial support the company had provided (image: Getty/Scott O'Neill)

Ei rent credits to stop at end of June

By Nikkie Thatcher

Tied Ei Publican Partnerships licensees on substantive agreements in England will receive rent credits until 20 June but The Morning Advertiser understands the credits will stop after this date.

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