A spokesperson for the office of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has said the regulator is ‘considering next steps’ after a tribunal ordered it to release previously withheld pubco letters.
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The Pubs Code Adjudicator encourages openness and transparency in the operation of the Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016. Publication of awards made in Pubs Code arbitrations, or summaries of those awards, enables the industry to better understand previous decisions and consider how the Pubs Code is being applied in individual cases. Neither the Pubs Code Adjudicator nor an arbitrator is bound to follow published awards in applying the law, but such awards can be used to support the industry’s consideration of the proper interpretation of the Pubs Code. Parties are encouraged to take independent
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The Pubs Code Adjudicator encourages openness and transparency in the operation of the Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016. Publication of awards made in Pubs Code arbitrations, or summaries of those awards, enables the industry to better understand previous decisions and consider how the Pubs Code is being applied in individual cases. Neither the Pubs Code Adjudicator nor an arbitrator is bound to follow published awards in applying the law, but such awards can be used to support the industry’s consideration of the proper interpretation of the Pubs Code. Parties are encouraged to take independent
Plan of action: I am currently engaging with Star on how the company is putting this plan into practice and will provide a further update on progress in due course, PCA Fiona Dickie explained Pubs code adjudicator Fiona Dickie has released an action plan drawn up by Star Pubs & Bars after her office found the operator had seriously and repeatedly breached the pubs code.
The detailed plan released by Heineken’s pub arm and the operator of in the region of 2,500 pubs sets out a timeline of when Star intends to address each of the eight binding recommendations Dickie made after finding the company had committed 12 breaches of the pubs code.
The pubs code was introduced to ensure that tied tenants of the biggest pub companies get treated fairly and are no worse off than if they were free of tie.
They can judge if they are worse off by looking at both options side by side in the market-rent-only (MRO) option process. They then have the right to choose the option best for their business.
Tenant take-up
MRO is a powerful tool for tied tenants. Yet the number of them using the process has reduced year on year since the code’s introduction in 2016.
So why aren’t more tenants making use of it?