Category Archives: Buying a Pub or Restaurant

Raising finance from the Vendor

Greene King drops PCA judicial review proceedings, Barrel-Dregs

Please click on the Link in Blue below for the MA’s view. Greene King drops PCA judicial review proceedings 15-Oct-2018 By Nicholas Robinson   Apologies for not being able to print the whole story, the MA don’t like other people printing them, but it is worth a read. Until the Pub Co’s start working and… Read More »

Would you buy a Pub Co Tied Lease? Not Likely, Read On. (Barrel Dregs)

Would you buy a Pub Co Tied Lease or a TAW? Not Likely, Read On. (Updated) One of the biggest problems in the Pub Co Tied Lease Sector is that you have two factions in the Industry, you have Pub Co’s and all their supportive companies and so called specialists, the other faction are the… Read More »

Pub Co Tied Leases, Questions that you need to Ask and Answers that you need to know. (Part 1)

               Pub Co Tied Leases or a TAW,                      Questions that you need to Ask and Answers that you need to know before you start spending money. (Part 1) All these questions you need positive answers to, in writing, from… Read More »

Independent and managed pubs are driving the sector, (Barrel-dregs)

Report from the Morning Advertiser Independent and managed pubs are driving the sector Well, well, well! The major Pub Co’s would appear to have lost the plot, this report confirms what the majority of the thinking members of the industry have realised for many years. Free of Tie and Managed Houses are the only pubs… Read More »

Why take a short Commercial Pub Co Lease with all the legal entailments?

Why take a short Commercial Pub Co Lease with all the legal entailments? It’s a funny old world, the major Pub Co’s are now offering five year leases as the answer to the would be lessee’s needs. It does of cause screw up any security that longer leases had within the current commercial leasing world,… Read More »

Another Reason to avoid taking a Pub Co Tied Lease. “Barrel-dregs”.

Another Reason to avoid taking a Pub Co Tied Lease or a TAW. The major Pub Co’s have taken a good working system of a Tied Tenancy, that had worked for years, was user friendly and changed it for a Commercial Tied Lease. We’re not saying don’t take a Pub Co Tied Lease, just avoid… Read More »

More people are reading the articles about avoiding Pub Co Tied Leases. (Barrel-dregs)

Even more people are reading the articles about avoiding Pub Co Tied Leases or TAW’s at this moment of time. (Barrel-dregs) The fault lies with the Pub Co’s, they are trying to find legal ways not to comply with the New Legislation. The New Legislation was brought in to try and make the industry fairer… Read More »

Assigning a Pub/Commercial Lease and the Pitfalls, Authorised Guarantee Agreement (AGA)

Assigning a Pub/Commercial Lease and the Pitfalls, Part 1 Authorised Guarantee Agreement (AGA) Introduction:- Most people, when they decide to take the plunge and become Self Employed in a Retail Business, end up taking a Commercial Lease, unless they have enough money to buy a Freehold. By Retail, this includes licensed, catering, accommodation, dry goods,… Read More »