BII Rating Road Show, Yate One from the Archives The BII had a Rating Road Show, unfortunately it had a limited attendance of about 50 for such an important issue. The show was hosted by Michael Yass, Fleuret’s leading Rating Valuer with a learned colleague from the Inland Revenue Valuation Office. Michael Yass opened with… Read More »
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 »
How close have some Pub Co’s been to a Ponzi Scheme??? I have just returned from a trip to the USA, part business and part pleasure. The Wall Street Journal was supplied free everywhere that I stayed, for those that have never read it, I consider it to be one of the best papers in… Read More »
My first experiences of running a Country Pub One of my major mistakes in life was to buy a West Country Pub, trying to explain to my wife why we were about to give up our beautiful house and the boredom of a nine to five job, to live beside a raging torrent of a… Read More »
It’s a funny old world, everyone is trying to avoid the virus, many young people have no idea they have it, until they get tested, the older people are shaking in their boots because it hits them far harder with totally unknown consequences. We have for years tried to help people in trouble in business… Read More »
(12/20) COVID-19 – Reality Sinks In We are indebted to one of our correspondents Damien, a careful and very thoughtful licensee, for the detail that he h… Check It Out To Record or Not To Record Modern technology being what it is the temptation sometimes cannot be resisted to record (or even film) pivotal conve…… Read More »
ILTSA – A Guide To Reopening Our friends at the ILTSA (Institute of Licensed Trade Stock Auditors) have written the following piece on pubs reopening for trade… As we wait for the welcome news that the Licensed Trade can reopen for business, it’s a good idea to start getting prepared. For those of you that… Read More »
Deed of Variation – PCA Say Case By Case, We Say NO! A Deed of Variation (DOV) as the mode of delivery for MRO (Market Rent Only) in our view should be automatic. We have said this right from the very start way back in July 2016 and stand by what we say. Understandable that… Read More »
Pub Rent Reviews – Timing Is Everything (COVID-19) COVID-19 has thrown us all into unknown territory with established rules and conventions not exactly being broken but distorted.. The pandemic will have a continuing effect for many years to come. Delay Not uncommon to now find that rent reviews and lease renewals are being delayed. There… Read More »
Well, what a traumatic month that was! The realisation that the impact of COVID-19 is with much regret is here to stay. The attitude of the big six that are the subject of the Pubs Code has been revealing. With the partial exception of Admiral Taverns, there is a total contrast with an ever-growing list… Read More »