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PCA Arbitration Data - Quarterly Release (April - June 2021)

Published 28 July 2021

Applies to England and Wales

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1. Enquiries

This Quarter 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Last Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Total 45 48 45 1362

2. Total Referrals for Arbitration

This Quarter 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Last Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Received 39 31 39 581
Accepted 33 29 33 523
This Quarter 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Last Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Received 36 27 36 500
Accepted 31 25 31 454
This Quarter 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Last Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Received 3 4 3 81
Accepted 3 4 3 69

5. Current Arbitration Caseload

Accepted cases that have been opened for: Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Less than 1 month (30 days or less) 16 16
Between 1 and 3 months (between 31 and 90 days) 16 16
Between 3 and 6 months (between 91 and 180 days) 0 9
Longer than 6 months (181 days or greater) 0 34
Total 32 75

6. Awards Issued

This Quarter 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021 Last Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 30/06/2021
Awards issued 34 29 545

7. Most Common Pubs Code Referrals

This quarter, the three most common referrals accepted by the PCA are:

  • MRO, Full response
  • MRO, Independent assessor
  • Non-MRO, Business Development Managers

8. Breakdown by pub-owning business

Of the 523 arbitration cases accepted by the PCA, the breakdown is as follows:

Pub-owning business Accepted cases
Admiral Taverns Limited 1
Ei Group Limited (trading as Stonegate Pub Partners) 279
Greene King Limited 51
Marston’s PLC 34
Punch Taverns Limited 48
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 110

Of the 454 MRO cases accepted by the PCA, the breakdown is as follows:

Pub-owning business Accepted cases
Admiral Taverns Limited 1
Ei Group Limited (trading as Stonegate Pub Partners) 246
Greene King Limited 47
Marston’s PLC 26
Punch Taverns Limited 43
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 91

9. Notes

  • Includes referrals received in the previous quarter accepted this quarter.
  • Where both MRO and non-MRO disputes are received by the PCA in a single referral, these are recorded against MRO referrals for arbitration.
  • This release is based on live arbitration data and is correct at the time it is captured for the purposes of publication.
  • On the Current Arbitration Caseload table, the first column shows open cases that were accepted from 01/04/2021 to 30/06/2021. The second column shows all open cases that were accepted up to 30/06/2021, irrespective of acceptance date.
  • Current Arbitration Caseload is data reported as of 30/06/2021.
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