Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry into Pub Co’s

If you would like to view the transcript of the Select Committee Hearings follow the link, it makes very interesting reading. The BBPA did their masters bidding and made pretence of endorsing the Pub Co model. The ALMR represented by Nick Bish gave an honest opinion about the state of the industry and the activities of [...]

British Institute of Innkeeping

BII, I would like to say that I have had some lengthy chats with the new CEO of the BII, Neil Robertson, he and a number of Regional Chairman are very aware of the problems confronting members and licensees on all fronts and hopefully we will see the BII become a body whose opinion is [...]

Sewers Etc. When Buying a Pub

Not everyones favourite subject but an essential to know about when buying a pub. When purchasing a rural food pub, always determine if it has mains drains, and if not ensure the septic tank is up to the job – a replacement can cost tens of thousands of pounds which will only allow you to [...]

BII Rent Review Road Shows

The BII have managed to get certain Pub Co’s to produce Codes of Practice in the way that they operate, to create more openness and clarity in a variety of matters. A colleague of mine at the Road Show told me that he had been negotiating a rent with the Estates Manager with a national pub [...]

Competitive Insurance Broker

We have access to a competitive firm of Insurance Brokers who are keen to insure pubs and small breweries as a speciality, if you would like a quotation email us and we will get them to discuss it with you, if you do place your business policy with them they will refund your yearly BII [...]

Rent Valuations by Pub Co’s, BDM’s

Having studied the so called method of rent assessment used by the Pub Co’s. Firstly all rents are supposedly worked out by Valuers and BDM’s on the future sustainable earnings potential by a competent operator or an alternative method of operation??? Valuers, at least qualified valuers in the main have never run a pub and would [...]

Rent Review Meeting

One of my informed readers had two meetings with senior negotiators from two different Pub Co’s to discuss rent assessment.  Both were particularly unaccommodating at separate meetings. Both were informed that their companies had produced Codes of Practice for the BII, neither had the slightest idea what was actually in the Codes of Practice, the [...]