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Great Charity Golf Day in aid of Colon Cancer South West England

By Editor ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We welcome BII members and and non members, this is to raise money for Dave Miners Charity, a great guy and a great golfer. WESSEX REGION B.I.I. Charity Golf Day – Tuesday 30th March 2010 At OAKE MANOR GOLF CLUB Dear Friends and Fellow Golfers You may know the reason why the above Golf Day is being held but [...]

Advertising on the Site

By Editor ⋅ November 22, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

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 [...]

Editorials on Suppliers to the Industry and Adverts

By Editor ⋅ November 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

The implications of the Brooker pub rent ruling

By Editor ⋅ September 25, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

What the Brooker pub rent ruling means (Extract from the Morning Advertiser) Charles and Leslie Brooker run the White Horse in the village of Hambrook near Bristol. They had a five-year non-assignable lease, free of tie on cider and a guest beer, which started in August 2001. The non-indexed rent was set at £16,000 a year [...]

ALMR boss ‘hopeful’ over mediation (From the Morning Advertiser)

By Editor ⋅ September 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The alternatives to the landmark mediation process failing are “too awful to contemplate”, one trade leader has warned as the final round of meetings get underway. Bish: consequences of failure too awful to contemplate Meetings will take place on Monday and Tuesday as top barrister Michel Kallipetis QC attempts to hammer out an agreement between the warring [...]

Enterprise reduces pub’s rent by 38%

By Editor ⋅ September 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Enterprise has agreed to reduce rent by 38% for 12 months at a south Wales pub on advice of a valuer chosen by the pubco. Temporary concesion: the reduction will last for 12 months. In a rare move, Enterprise agreed to pay in full for the surveyor to assess rent at the Open Hearth in Sebastopol. The [...]

Foreign Satellite TV Transmissions

By Editor ⋅ September 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A licensee has won his Crown Court appeal for screening foreign satellite football by arguing he didn’t act dishonestly. Under the law, to be convicted, licensees must have “dishonestly” received foreign satellite transmissions. It was ruled that this was not the case for Alec Piercy, of Ridge Farm at Bedlington, Northumbria. Piercy was convicted at Newcastle Magistrates [...]

Justice for Licensees, Pub Co’s have failed miserably to self regulate.

By Editor ⋅ August 29, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Pubcos have “failed miserably” to self-regulate and it is “imperative” the pub co model is investigated by the Competition Commission. That’s the damning submission to the Office of Fair Trading in response to the Campaign for Real Ale’s super-complaint from Justice for Licensees, the campaign group run by former Enterprise tenant Inez Ward. The group, which is supported [...]

Fair Pint for Wales

By Editor ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A Fair Pint for Wales The past few years has been has so far been turbulent for the pub sector, the combination of the issues surrounding taxation, the introduction of the smoking ban in Wales and most recently the Home Office’s new Mandatory Code seems to be causing quite a stir in the industry both on-trade [...]

UK Pub Co’s and the next part of the tale with the BII and GMB

By Editor ⋅ August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

BII to examine pubcos’ codes of practice But trade group refuses to bow to GMB in Punch tenant dispute case The BII has refused to rise to calls from trade union GMB to strip Punch Taverns of its membership – but is set to take a close look at pubcos’ codes of practice. The GMB made the demand [...]

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