Tag Archives: pubco

Gareth Epps

Opinion: Pubs v Pubcos, which side are you on, Mr Cameron?

By Gareth Epps | Mon 3rd March 2014 - 9:57 am

Dear Dave,

The last time we spoke was in the Tite Inn at Chadlington, a great village pub with a landlord who I and others helped get rate relief for to keep the last pub in the village going.  We know you appreciate pubs – when the phone-hacking scandal was rife, you bolted to Charlbury Beer Festival, though you needed practice at Aunt Sally.  Maybe you’ll have more time to do that soon.

Fast forward a decade or so and you have a big decision in front of you.  With over 100 pubs a month closing due largely to the overpricing …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged and | 19 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Peter Davies
    @Graham Jeffs There will always be plots with planning permission but no homes. Large developers like to build slowly. They can have one team doing all the roof...
  • Andrew Tampion
    Simon R "Taxing 2nd homes would probably have only a marginal impact, and besides, 2nd homes would tend to be in holiday and rural areas, whereas the shortage o...
  • Stephen Yolland
    Good article. Trump is an inherently dictatorial leader. He is destroying American democracy, and in particular the rule of law. We should implacably oppose ...
  • Joseph Bourke
    Michael Wolff in his second Trump biography claimed that Trump's business interests formed part of a "semi-criminal enterprise." He quoted the Trump confidante ...
  • Nonconformistradical
    "but is the answer to defend the status quo, preserving all aspects of the current system in aspic for all time?" I wouldn't have thought so. There will be d...