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  John Gaunt & Partners, Home Office consultation on Licensing Laws
  The Home Office consultation on proposals to radically change the emphasis of the laws on licensing expires on 8 September 2010.  We recommend that all operators respond. Please click on this link to read our response, it is essential reading for all Licensees. http://www.john-gaunt.co.uk/docs/REBALANCING%20THE%20LICENSING%20ACT.pdf #
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  Barrel-Dregs, Pot Boy has a few words about PIRRS. (113)
  Pot Boy’s Yorkshire mentor has a saying that he often uses…”thy gets owt fer nowt”. This could nat be more true than with the PIRRS (Pub Independent Rent Review Scheme)  system of Dispute Resolution proposed as the answer to a maiden’s prayer by the Laughing Policemen. PB can but quote word for word from Clause 6 [...] #

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The initial aim of the site was to make newcomers “Streetwise” before they bought a licensed property. We now know by the amount of people reading the content on the site that it needs to be an information tool for the industry, we are working in conjunction with the BII and have agreed to have links [...]

Recent Posts

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  Barrel-Dregs, a serious thought for the BII (112)
  I was accused a year ago by the Director of Membership of the BII of making statements at a presentation, that can only be described as derogatory to the BII. The person that made them was a Regional Council Member, the Regional Chairman as a director of the BII insisted on my removal from his area [...] #
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  The sad passing of a Gentleman of the Industry, Peter Arkell.
  A sad day, one of then Gentlemen of the industry, Peter Arkell has passed away, Chairman of Arkell’s brewery in Swindon. I met him several times, once by mistake when I walked through the wrong door, not realising that it was the Chairmans Office, I was suitably embarrassed, we had a good laugh and always passed the [...] #
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  Barrel-Dregs, Groundswell, LinkedIn and the Internet (112)
  For those that have never heard of LinkedIn, it is the international web site for professionals, in all walks of life. We would like to use the auspices of LinkedIn to link up between all the concerned people in the Industry, whether they are licensees, solicitors, accountants, brewers and anyone involved in the industry, who feel that their [...] #
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  Barrel-Dregs, Pot Boy has a few words about that nice Mr Pub Expert (111)
  An Institution or Organisation is only genuinely respected if it is seen to be totally open and honest and beyond suspicion. What could be more straightforward than that. Pot Boy has been sent an interesting and detailed trail of data from a fellow Tenant/Licensee concerning the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).For all their majesty [...] #
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  POPPLESTON ALLEN, RESPONSE TO THE HOME OFFICE CONSULTATION (110)
  RESPONSE TO THE HOME OFFICE CONSULTATION REBALANCING THE LICENCING ACT Poppleston Allen is the largest licensing law firm in the United Kingdom.  90% of the firm’s business relates to licensing law and it has made applications in every single licensing authority in England and Wales.  Some applications have also been made in Scotland.   Poppleston Allen acts as [...] #

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  Poppleston Allen
  A Licensing Practice Dedicated to The Industry We’re the biggest and best known licensing practice in the UK and you’ll certainly see us quoted in the leisure industry trade press. We’re based in Nottingham and London and have a team totally 42 members of staff. our specialist team of solicitors each appear before licensing authorities and [...] #
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  Specialist Licensed Property Insurance
  Submitted by Terry Osborne of Osborne Insurance Services Ltd Insurance is one thing that most people forget, but it can be the one thing that keeps you in business following a claim * No one loves insurance until a claim arises * Sums Insured – These should represent the full replacement costs - Buildings Insurance should include a sum for [...] #

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