All Legislation articles – Page 63
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NewsCouncils call for restrictive covenant ban on pub sales
The use of restrictive covenants, a “legal loophole” used by pub companies to force hundreds of community pubs to close each year, must be plugged, according to the Local Government Association (LGA)
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London boroughs urged to 'maintain, manage and enhance' pubs
The “important role” of London’s pubs has been recognised for the first time in Mayor Boris Johnson’s “London Plan”, the latest planning guidelines for the capital
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NewsMPs to debate pubcos today
Labour is holding an opposition debate today calling for legislation to introduce a statutory code on the relationship between pubcos and tenants
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Lambeth adjourns EMRO hearing
Lambeth Council has adjourned a hearing into a proposed early morning restriction order (EMRO), to allow more time for businesses and local residents opposed to the measure to give evidence
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Alcohol duty fraud taskforce launched
A new taskforce has been launched to tackle alcohol duty fraud
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Osborne: we can afford above-inflation minimum wage hikes
Chancellor George Osborne has said Britain can afford an above-inflation rise in the minimum wage
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CAMRA petitions for 'Pubs Watchdog'
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has launched a petition to “build pressure” on the Government in advance of a Parliamentary Debate next Tuesday (21 January) calling for a “Pubs Watchdog”
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NewsVAT Club ‘back on track’, says Borel
Jacques Borel’s VAT Club has obtained 24 lobbying appointments with MPs and had responses from a further 55, according to the veteran campaigner
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Minister: Don't 'belittle' Responsibility Deal
However, Earl Howe said the Government would look at requests to introduce a sugar reduction pledge as part of the series of voluntary agreements with businesses on public health
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Maximum gaming machine prizes raised
New regulations increasing prizes in pub machines come into effect from today (15 Jan)
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NewsFormer pubs minister urges tougher action on pubcos
A former Government minister for pubs has urged Business Secretary Vince Cable to go further under the proposed statutory code of pub companies and give tenants the right to have a free-of-tie option combined with an open market rent review.
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NewsBBPA urges MPs to back beer duty freeze
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Bridget Simmonds has written to MPs urging them to support a Parliamentary motion calling for a freeze in beer duty in the Budget on 20 March
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NewsSugar campaigner: Responsibility Deal is 'crazy'
The chairman of the new campaign group that aims to reduce sugar in foods has told M&C Report he favours a voluntary approach, but if that doesn’t work “we’ll have to legislate” or push for a “sugar tax”
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Osborne cautious on minimum wage hikes
Chancellor George Osborne has warned that any increase in the minimum wage “has to be done in a way that doesn’t cost jobs”
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NewsLabour to host Parliamentary debate on pubco code
Labour is to host a debate in Parliament on the proposed statutory code for pub companies on the afternoon of 21 January
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Government 'under-estimates cost of pubco code'
Pubcos may have to transfer “considerably more” in profits to their tied tenants than the Government estimates - up to £20,000 per pub - under the proposed statutory code, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
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NewsGovernment misses MPs' pubco code deadline
The Government has missed the deadline set by a committee of MPs to reveal its intentions towards intervening in the tenanted pub company model, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsNew group targets sugar reduction
A campaign has been launched to reduce the amount of sugar in foods to reduce the level of obesity
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Pubco code 'may protect bad tenants'
Government plans to intervene in the tenanted pub company model could be anti-competitive and may “end up protecting those with less good business sense”, according to a think tank that looks at competition and regulation
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Griffiths defends industry over 'undue influence' claim
High-profile pro-beer MP Andrew Griffiths has defended the industry against accusations that it had an undue influence on the Government over minimum pricing