The IPC responding to the publication of the BISC Report on Pubcos said:
“we welcome the Committee’s report and its recognition that too little has been done too late to merit a clean bill of health. It is only right and proper that the committee’s earlier report and recommendations remain on the table and that there is a clear direction that they must be addressed in full before the threat of a Competition Commission investigation can be lifted. This chimes exactly with the evidence presented by the IPC to the Committee and justifies our assertion that the Framework and RICS actions are insufficient in and of themselves. The BBPA’s Framework left three-quarters of the Committee’s recommendations unaddressed and we would urge them to work with us now to tackle the outstanding issues. Only then can we step away from our call for the government to intervene to ensure a robust legislative and regulatory framework to deliver the free and fair market we demand.”
Kate Nicholls
Head of Communications
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
9B Walpole Court, Ealing Studios, London, W5 5ED
Tel: 020 8579 2080 020 8579 2080 or fax: 020 8579 7579
All the IPC need to do is arrange a few meetings, the BBPA refuse to talk and then go public to push the Competition route.
The BBPA could be between a rock and a hard place, if they don’t play ball they could find themselves being legislated against and the whole system will backfire on them.
The cliche’d comments of old will not suffice the world has moved on.