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PCA Arbitration Data - Quarterly Release (January - March 2021)

Published 27 April 2021

Applies to England and Wales

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1. Enquiries

This Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Last Quarter 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020 Cumulative from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Total 48 62 279 1317

2. Total Referrals for Arbitration

This Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Last Quarter 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020 Cumulative from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Received 31 26 97 543
Accepted 29 25 96 490
This Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Last Quarter 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020 Cumulative from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Received 27 20 76 466
Accepted 25 19 76 425
This Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Last Quarter 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020 Cumulative from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Received 4 6 21 77
Accepted 4 6 20 65

5. Current Arbitration Caseload

Accepted cases that have been opened for: Cumulative from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Less than 1 month (30 days or less) 6 6
Between 1 and 3 months (between 31 and 90 days) 20 20
Between 3 and 6 months (between 91 and 180 days) 9 9
Longer than 6 months (181 days or greater) 15 36
Total 50 71

6. Awards Issued

This Quarter 01/01/2021 to 31/03/2021 Last Quarter 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/03/2021
Awards issued 28 23 510

7. Most Common Pubs Code Referrals

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

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

8. Breakdown by pub-owning business

Of the 490 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) 268
Greene King Limited 48
Marston’s PLC 29
Punch Taverns Limited 45
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 99

Of the 425 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) 238
Greene King Limited 44
Marston’s PLC 22
Punch Taverns Limited 40
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 80

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 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021. The second column shows all open cases that were accepted up to 31/03/2021, irrespective of acceptance date.
  • Current Arbitration Caseload is data reported as of 31/03/2021.
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