The Fair Pint? Campaign is a coalition of independent, tied landlords, supported by the Freedom for Pubs Association. Together, we aim to remove the tie from all leased pubs - simply enabling landlords to compete in a fair market.
We hope that breaking the tie will benefit the well-run independent pubs which are currently at risk of closure, bringing a fairer price for both landlords and customers, and protecting a valuable community asset.
To achieve this, we are calling for:
The Business Innovation and Skills Select Committee to reiterate the conclusions of their report published in May 2009 which called for Government intervention into the pub sector to ensure that anti-competitive practices in the sector are investigated, steps to ensure that tied tenants have the option to go free of tie when rents are reviewed or leases renewed and action to ensure fairness in the system of rent valuations.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to investigate the problem presented by the supply tie, and to refer the tenanted pub sector to the Competition Commission
