Pubs Code Adjudicator: Covid-19 and Tied-Tenants
The Pubs Code Adjudicator Issues a Statement of Support for Tied-Tenants Impacted by Covid-19 The PCA has called on Greene King, Marston’s, Star Pubs and Bars, Punch Taverns, EI Group and Admiral (the pub-owning business which are subject to the Pubs Code Regulations...
MRO – Pub Company Tactics
Since the introduction of the Pubs Code in 2016 tied pub tenants, whose landlords own 500 or more tied pubs in England and Wales, have been able to request a market rent only (“MRO”) lease on the occurrence of certain “trigger events”. However, many tenants have faced...
Beer and Pub Taxation
MPs in Westminster have raised their concerns about the impact beer duties and high business rates are having on local businesses. Ahead of next month’s budget, MPs have called on the government to cut the taxes levied on pubs and breweries, the costs of which have...
PCA’s Regulatory Compliance Handbook
In November 2019 the PCA added a further chapter to the PCA’s Regulatory Compliance Handbook. This provides minimum standards with which a pub company must comply each time it offers an MRO proposal to a tied-tenant. The new chapter aims to prevent unnecessary...
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