New code of practice for Commercial Property Relationships
A new Code of Practice has been developed with leaders from retail, hospitality and property sectors to provide clarity for businesses when discussing rental payments and to encourage best practice so that all parties are supported.
read morePubs Code Adjudicator: Covid-19 and Tied-Tenants
The PCA has highlighted the risk to business posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and has stressed that tied-tenants will need the support of their landlord if they are to survive.
read moreMRO – 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...
read moreBeer 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...
read morePCA’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.
read morePCA 2019 Tied-Tenant Survey
PCA 2019 Tied-Tenant Survey Towards the end of 2019 the PCA published a tied pub tenant survey which revealed tenant’s concerns with their pub company landlords. EI Group was the worst rated pub company landlord, with tied-tenants listing a number of issues including...
read morePubHelp Partner comments on what Professional Services are available to ‘Publicans’
A recent article by Emily Hawkins, a reporter from the Morning Advertiser, addressed what professional services are available to pub tenants in and urged them not to get ‘left behind’. When discussing the subject with Rob Cooke, Hawkins published the following...
read moreWhat do the first Pubs Code Adjudication awards actually mean for Pub tenants?
The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016 (“the Pubs Code”) came into force on 21 July 2016. The Pubs Code introduced certain “trigger events” which would enable a tied pub tenant (TPT) to request a market rent only (“MRO)” tenancy from their landlord. In the event that the...
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