Change is good, but not quite what UK MPs have in mind. Their vote in favour of ending the so-called 'beer-tie' is a great idea. In effect, it will allow large pub operators to purchase their beer from wherever they like, instead of being forced to buy it from the likes of Enterprise Inns or Punch T
Read more* Shares in pub owners fall after parliament vote * Move to give tenants more freedom on beer buying By Neil Maidment and William James LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - British pub groups suffered on Wednesday after lawmakers backed a move to hand publicans more control over where the
Read moreAnalysts at Barclays have said a de-rating of UK pub stocks is "very likely" after MPs voted to scrap the 'beer tie', meaning that tenants are now allowed an independent rent review and will be able to buy beer on the open market. "If this passes through the House of Lords and becomes law, this coul
Read moreAnalysts at Barclays have said a de-rating of UK pub stocks is "very likely" after MPs voted to scrap the 'beer tie', meaning that tenants are now allowed an independent rent review and will be able to buy beer on the open market. The government was defeated in a Commons vote on Tuesday with MPs vot
Read more** Listed British pub operators saw as much as 330 mln pounds ($516.22 mln) wiped off their market value after lawmakers unexpectedly voted to give people who lease pubs from big companies more freedom about where they buy their beer. ** Enterprise Inns falls as much as 17 pct, the worst of
Read moreIt has been hailed as a historic vote that could secure the future of the British pub, but Parliament's decision to scrap the restrictive 'beer tie', which links pub landlords' rent and supplies to their parent pub companies, might have "serious unintended consequences" on the industry, according to
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