After years of campaigning by CAMRA, the Government announced a long-awaited consultation on their plans to reform the big pub companies. These big pubcos are making life tough for their pubs and hard working licensees by taking excessive profits from pubs – so licensees and pub goers alike suffer.
The Government is now proposing:
A powerful new Code and Watchdog to ensure fair dealing by big pub companies
A new choice for licensees to opt out of restrictive tied agreements and just pay a fair market rent to their pubco
Fair rents and beer prices charged to tied publicans, allowing them to thrive
We need to ensure the Government sees through its plans for reform. To make the most of this opportunity there are three things you can do right now, start off by visiting www.fairdealforyourlocal.com
P.S. Our hope is that the proposals will apply to the UK as a whole. The UK Government is currently talking to devolved Governments to see how and if this can be achieved