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Forum of British Pubs backs Campaign to Save our Pubs

British pub lobby organisation, the Forum of British Pubs is supporting the campaign to ‘save our pubs with an urgent support package’ in conjunction with the British Pub Confederation, and the Campai...

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Confessions of ex Punch BDM series launched by Forum of British Pubs

Pubs lobby organisation, the Forum of British Pubs, has today commenced the broadcast of a series of interviews with ex Punch Business Development Manager, Matthew Blackwood, positioned at helping pub...

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Forum of British Pubs announces Member Trustee Board to drive support for pubs sector

Pubs lobby organisation the Forum of British Pubs has announced the formation of its new Member Trustee Board, drawing on extensive experience across the full sector. Chairman of the Member Trustees,...

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Forum of British Pubs welcomes Government’s commitment to consult on review of Pub Code Adjudicator responsibilities

The Forum of British Pubs (FBP), the membership organisation dedicated to representing the interests of both tied and free of tied pubs in the UK, has welcomed the Government’s report issued on 3 Nove...

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Forum of British Pubs celebrates MRO victories for members notwithstanding lockdown

The Forum of British Pubs (FBP) is celebrating several successes in supporting members switching from tied relationships with the Pubco’s Market Rent Only (MRO) alternatives. Whilst the FBP has always...

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Forum of British Pubs founder wins three year Business Rates revaluation fight

Forum of British Pubs founder and pubs campaigner, Dave Mountford, and his wife Lorraine have won a landmark victory in challenging, and appealing successfully, a more than doubling of their pub Busin...

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Survey of over 500 publicans show government intervention has not helped pub tenants

Results of a survey carried out by the Forum of British Pubs during September highlights the challenges that publicans are still facing and that the interventions of the government have failed to deli...

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Forum of British Pubs welcomes Heineken Pub Company fine after serious breach of Pub Code

The Forum of British Pubs, welcomes the result of the year and half long investigation into the Code avoidance practices of Star Pubs and Bars, part of the Heineken group and fully supports their find...

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Pub tenants to demonstrate outside Parliament demanding action against Global Mutual hedge fund

The Global Mutual Tenants Association, a group formed by the tenants of the 202 pubs owned by hedge fund Global Mutual, will march on Whitehall tomorrow to deliver a letter to Small Firms Minister Pau...