Archives for May 12, 2013

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Locals save ‘community asset’ the Ivy House

By Roger Protz

Tessa Blunden held her wedding reception in the Ivy House in Nunhead, south London, and the Victorian pub was dear to her heart. When the young solicitor heard last year that Enterprise Inns planned to close the Ivy House and sell it to a property...

My BDM is a Vampire!

By Robert Sayles

My mate Len rang me last week. He’d sent a grievance to PICAS a few weeks earlier and had just received feedback. It seemed that before his case could be heard, ‘all avenues of reconciliation had to be explored’. With that in mind, a meeting had been...

Legal checklist: Licensed premises plan

By Poppleston Allen

When was the last time you looked at the plan of your premises attached to your licence? Remember that the plan forms part of that licence, and certain prescribed elements always have to be shown on that plan. If you change the location of those...

Will the pub industry code work? I won’t hold my breath

By Gerry Price

Having bought the freehold of our property from Enterprise Inns last October, we have had to adjust to a slightly different scenario in our business. Times remain very challenging but brewers are so supportive of freeholders it makes life seem better.