The GMB union has called for the end of the beer tie after claiming 1,131 tied tenanted pubs owned by seven different pub companies have closed since December 2005.
The union published a statement with the anti-pubco Fair Pint campaign yesterday that blamed rents and the beer tie for recent pub closures.
But the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), which represents tenanted pubcos, has asked to meet the GMB and said: "The tie has nothing to do with pub closure rates."
