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FSB calls time on beer ties |
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
Britain’s leading small business organisation is calling time on the beer tie imposed by pub companies (pubcos) on landlords.
An overwhelming majority of pub trade members (94%) of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said in a survey that exclusive purchasing obligations between pubcos and landlords should be scrapped while 99 per cent said little has improved since the situation was last reviewed in 2004.
Submitting its response to the latest inquiry by the Business and Enterprise Committee, the FSB this week warned that tying pub landlords into certain products is damaging their livelihood and called for a fairer rent review process.
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