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Search for a great lessee: what do pubcos look for when seeking a new lessee?

What do pubcos look for in a lessee?

By Stuart Stone

Representatives from three pubcos explain what prospective lessees can do to make themselves stand out when it comes to landing the role of running a pub

Partnership: Liverpool's Bold Street Coffee will reopen with a bar element after working with bar and restaurants company Graffiti Spirits Group

Popular Liverpool coffee shop to expand into bar

By Emily Hawkins

Bold Street Coffee, a Liverpool city coffee shop will reopen with a bar element after partnering with independent bar and restaurants company Graffiti Spirits Group.

Space age: making the most of available space at your premises is vital

How to maximise space in your pub

By Stuart Stone

Maximising space in your pub doesn’t have to mean expensive alterations or extensions. More affordable, and less disruptive, options for adding a new dimension are now readily available

Expansion plans: checks must be made before entering any agreements

Top tips: buy another pub while the sun is shining?

By Poppleston Allen

Despite some negative news at the start of the year, particularly in the fast-casual dining market, which saw several high-profile operators enter company voluntary arrangements, the wet-led pub sector seems to be on the up.

Lease expiry: what are the grounds for a landlord to withhold a new lease on lease expiry?

Lease expiry: please re-lease me

By Stuart Stone

When the time comes to get the ball rolling on lease renewal proceedings, tenants should be aware of the legal grounds that their landlord may choose to withhold a new agreement

Business improvement districts: A BID scheme may seem like an extra levy you don't need but there are plenty of benefits that make it well worthwhile.

Business improvement districts: Bidding for change

By Jo Bruce

A business improvement district represents more than just another bill from your local authority. It offers greater opportunities and support for the licensed trade sector as well as the chance to have more influence over how money is spent locally.

One year on: VOA has released figures for the first year of Check Challenge Appeal

Businesses 'still can’t navigate new rates system'

By Stuart Stone

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has released statistics shedding light on the impact of Check Challenge Appeal (CCA) in the first year since the new system for business rates appeals was introduced in April 2017.

Wales focus: What properties are available across Wales?

Regional focus on...Wales

By Stuart Stone

Our regional focus looks at the best pubs and bars available across Wales.

The going rate: David Shuttleworth of Altus Group discusses the process of appealing pub business rates

Appealing pub business rates

By Stuart Stone

David Shuttleworth, vice-president of ratings advisory company Altus Group, explains how to go about the process of appealing against pub business rates.

Investing in outdoor equipment is a great idea, but make sure you do your homework first

Pub property: Outdoor pursuits

By Stuart Stone

Investing in your pub’s outdoor infrastructure in time to cash in on summer footfall can provide a huge boost for business. Here are the boxes that need ticking before breaking ground on a new outdoor project

Give lease a chance: The ins and outs of lease reassignments

Pub property: Lease is the word

By Stuart Stone

Leaseholds remain an ever-popular point of entry into the pub industry for inexperienced pub owners. However, sites that are only part way through their lease may need to be reassigned, so what’s the best way to do this?

“While traditional pubs thrive in densely populated areas, wet-led pubs situated in the shires continue to face the pressures of increasing overheads

Regional focus on...the West Midlands

By Stuart Stone

Our regional focus on the west midlands focuses on the best pubs in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Birmingham.

Knowing your fixtures and fittings is essential when you're buying or selling a pub (Pic credit: adekvat/Thinkstock.co.uk)

More than a bit part: pub fixtures and fittings

By Stuart Stone

The ability to nail down pub fixtures and fittings is key to buying and selling a premises. Here is a basic guide to some of your business’s moving – and non-moving – parts that may or may not need pricing

Live-in: guardians now look after 15 empty London pubs

Who are London's pub property guardians?

By Stuart Stone

Calling a Live-in Guardian to stay in an empty pub while the site is between tenants or it's longer term future is being determined offers property owners a large number of benefits .

Demand for coastal destinations, such as Margate in Kent, is expected to continue

Regional focus on...the Home Counties

By Stuart Stone

Our regional focus on the Home Counties focuses on the best pubs in Kent, Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

Regional focus on...the north-west

By Stuart Stone

Our regional focus on the north-west focuses on the best pubs in Greater Manchester, Mersey, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

Perhaps you could do with some more space at your premises. If so, extending a property has to be looked into before taking the leap.

Work the room: pub extensions

By Stuart Stone

Pub extension work doesn’t just get under way when the builders roll in, there are plenty of things you must know and investigate long before physically expanding your site

The pubs code was arguably meant to provide an easy way out of tied deals with the big pubcos, but it could cost more than you think.

MRO: can you afford it?

By Stuart Stone

The hoops pub tied tenants need to jump through to access MRO are also steeped in costs. While going free-of-tie can be ultimately rewarding, the question to consider is whether you are prepared for the cost?

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