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Star stops charging tenants for a schedule of dilapidations when requesting a Market Rent Only (MRO) option. It has also refunded a total of £25,000 and now informed tenants of its change in policy.
New standards for Pubs Code arbitrators and PCA performance measures
Fiona Dickie, the Pubs Code Adjudicator, has today published the Action Plan drawn up by Star Pubs & Bars responding to findings of her investigation into the pub-owning business.
The PCA is taking early action on recommendations to develop more effective communication with tied pub tenants
The PCA is doing research to better understand the recent experience of tenants requesting MRO
Star has changed its policy about RPI rent increases being a Pubs Code rent event
An open letter to tied tenants, from the Adjudicator.
The PCA has approved a Declaration which pauses and preserves key Code rights during this latest period of restrictions.
Next steps following the investigation into Star Pubs & Bars use of unreasonable stocking terms in proposed Market Rent Only (MRO) tenancies
The PCA has published a new factsheet about premises insurance
The PCA has increased its resource to help with the timely publication of arbitration awards and summaries
The Declaration put in place to pause and protect Pubs Code rights ceases after 02 December.
Subject to Parliamentary approval on lockdown measures the PCA has approved a Declaration by all of the regulated pub-owning businesses (POBs) to be in force from 05 November to 02 December 2020.
Pubs Code Adjudicator Fiona Dickie has fined Star Pubs and Bars £2 million after finding the company seriously and repeatedly breached the legally binding Pubs Code over nearly three years.
Latest information from the PCA.
The Office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator has published a revised edition of its Regulatory Compliance Handbook.
The PCA has published a new factsheet about Business Development Managers and Code Compliance Officers
The PCA has procured a user research team to talk to tied tenants and the wider industry about the most effective ways to communicate Pubs Code rights
Information about how to participate in the project and give your view about how Pubs Code rights should be communicated
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