Category Archives: FAQ’s

What Security do you have with a Pub Co Tied Lease with Domestic Accommodation?

What Security do you have with a Pub Co Tied Commercial Lease or a TAW with Domestic Accommodation? The answer is very little, if you breach certain terms within your Commercial Lease. The Domestic Accommodation may be rated as domestic, but in virtually all cases it falls within the clauses of a Commercial Lease. With rented… Read More »

Books worth Reading on Buying a Pub, Restaurant, Bistro.

Books worth Reading on Buying a Pub, Restaurant, Bistro. Common Sense Tips on Making your Pub Work $5.99 = £4.80 UK approx. This is an ebook through Smashwords.com, just click on the book title and you can read 30% to see whether it can help you in your business and give you ideas and save… Read More »

Credit Card Machines (PDQ), FAQ’s

Credit Card Machines (PDQ), FAQ’s We have been in discussions with Handepay who have have been saving businesses money for ten years and are rated Excellent on Trustpilot –take a look here. Contact:- Scott Masson for in depth info on this Handepay  LINK These FAQs cover a large area of specialised, technical areas of Credit Card Machines etc. As… Read More »

Buying a Pub, Bistro, Licensed Premises and other useful Information

“The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub, Bistro, Licensed Premises.” The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub is now available to purchase as an ebook through www.smashwords.com. for $5.99 or UK equivalent approximately £4.30, depending on the exchange rate. In addition you can read some the book by clicking on the Link below,… Read More »

Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), Comparables, Reasonably Efficient Operator (REO), Competent Operator.

Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), Comparables, Reasonably Efficient Operator (REO), Competent Operator. FMT (Fair Maintainable Trade) and REO  (Reasonably Efficient Operator) as still used by some though undefined, Competent Operator. FMT that obscenely used title for making wildly speculative estimations of a businesses future business, to ensure that the rental levels confirm the freehold investment values to… Read More »

A sorry tale about the Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA) and the New Pub Co Legislation and why we cannot recommend taking a Pub Co Tied Lease.

A sorry tale about the Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA) and the New Pub Co Legislation and why we cannot recommend taking a Pub Co Tied Lease or TAW. We have for many years run this web site to make sure that people buying pubs are fully aware of their responsibilities and access is available to… Read More »

Pub Co Tied Leases, Family Brewers Tied Tenancies, the difference.

Pub Co Tied Leases, Family Brewers Tied Tenancies, the difference. To the Layman or the average pub goer there is no difference, sadly there is, as most people in the industry know. To the majority of drinkers the cost is often more than in a genuine freehouse, the genuine freehouse gets a very healthy beer… Read More »

Government Business Rates Enquiry

Government Business Rates Enquiry The Government would appear to be making some sort of enquiry into Small Business Rates. It has always been an issue that has been used as a cash cow by successive Governments, without considering the hardship created to small businesses. Inland Revenue Valuation Department are the people responsible for dictating and… Read More »

The Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA), Pub Co’s and would be Publicans.

The Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA), Pub Co’s and would be Publicans. One of the biggest problems in the Pub Co Tied Lease Sector is that you have two factions in todays world, you have Pub Co’s and all their supportive companies and so called specialists, the other faction are the lessees, who have very few… Read More »