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New HMRC Figures Show Beer Sales In “On
Trade” Down By 4.4% On Year Earlier As GMB Tied Tenants Report 2.5%
Vat Rise Has Hit Trade - Feb 2011
New HMRC Figures Show Beer Sales In “On
Trade” Down By 6.3% On Year Earlier As GMB Tied Tenants Fear 2.5%
Vat Rise Will Kill More Pubs - Jan 2011
HMRC Figures Today Show Another Fall In
Alcohol Volumes Released For UKConsumption In Year To
September 2010 - Dec 2010
HMRC Figures Today Show Unsteady And
Uneven Recovery In Alcohol Volumes Released For UK Consumption - Nov 2010
Disabled By
Pubco, Defended By GMB
GMB members demonstrated against GMB
member Peter Sanford, the tenant of TheGeorge and Dragon
pub in Fritwell, Bicester,Oxfordshire,being evicted byhis landlord
Admiral Taverns. Admiral Taverns want him out of his pub
because he has been disabled by a defective door fitted by Admiral
during a then recent refit. Peter was injured at work on
21July 2009. He suffered a broken knee, tibia and nerve
damage. Now a wheel chair user the prognosis is that he will not
recover the full use of his left leg and will be permanently
disabled.
The door fitted by Admiral is
unsuitable and does not fit the requirement of a business
premises. A GMB officer who visited the pub and inspected the
property reported that that the standard of repairs were ‘terrible
and damp is prevalent throughout the building’. There are also no
disabled facilities in the pub. Admiral Taverns business
development manager Mr Peter Smith has abused and threatened Mr
Sanford saying that as a disabled person he could not expect to run
a pub and that he must surrender the lease and leave the property.
He told Peter Sanford that rentconcessions or help from Admiral
were no longer available.
GMB
Accuses BBPA Of Protecting Business Model Which Is Causing
Damage And Distress To Many Tenants In Britain.
BBPA Letter Is Yet More Bullying From Companies
That Have For Years Got Away With Bullying & Harassing Tied
Tenants
GMB Statement On Outcome Of Meeting
With The Pub Revolution Committee Last Week To Secure Fair Deal For
Tied Tenants
GMB and the Pub Revolution agree to work together to further
this trade dispute towards an initial negotiated settlement to
alleviate the economic hardship and injustice facing tied
tenants
GMB Publicans Website Launched
Several GMB members have established a website to advise
publicans on current issues and put publicans in touch with each
other to encourage mutual support, http://www.sheffieldrebels.co.uk/.