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A new Scottish Pubs Code will enable eligible tied pub tenants to sell a guest beer from brands that have small production levels or switch to a market rate lease under which they could purchase products from any supplier. Ministers will lay secondary legislation in the Parliament next week which, i
The proposed Scottish Pubs Code could allow tied pubs to showcase guest beers alongside their regular offering.
The proposed Scottish Pubs Code could allow tied pubs to showcase guest beers alongside their regular offering.
© Kris Miller A Dundee publican has urged politicians to reconsider a parliamentary bill he believes will have a negative impact on the business. Craig McLaughlin, who runs The Admiral bar on Camperdown Road, has spoken out to oppose the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill which is currently passing through the Scottish Parliament. He describes the legislation, which would introduce additional regulations to commercial partnerships between a pub tenant, pub company and building owner, as “taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut”. Craig and nine other Dundee pub tenants have now written to First Minis...