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How to complain about the service you get from the office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA).
Framework documents setting out the relationship between the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and our public bodies.
The home of Pubs Code Adjudicator on GOV.UK. The Pubs Code Adjudicator is responsible for enforcing the statutory Pubs Code. The Pubs Code regulates the relationship between all pub companies owning 500 or more tied pubs in …
How to contact the Pubs Code Adjudicator and get information about whether your issue is covered by the Pubs Code.
Stonegate has taken action to address historic breaches of the Pubs Code regarding the provision of rent proposals.
This factsheet is for tied pub tenants who want information on their Market Rent Only rights.
Link to the PCA's online enquiry form.
The Pubs Code Adjudicator is responsible for enforcing the statutory Pubs Code. The Pubs Code regulates the relationship between all pub companies owning 500 or more tied pubs in England and Wales and their tied tenants.
Information on the PCA's performance and expenditure for the reporting period.
This factsheet is for tied pub tenants who want to know more about what a pub-owning business is required to do for new tenants when they are considering entering into a new tied pub agreement.
Section 63(1) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act) authorises the PCA to impose a levy on pub-owning businesses towards PCA’s expenses. Section 63(5) of the Act permits the PCA to vary the amou…
Information on the PCA's performance and expenditure for the reporting period
The Regulatory Compliance Handbook sets out the minimum standards that pubs companies must follow to be Code compliant. It also sets out the steps that they must take each time it prepares and issues a proposal for a Market …
Pubs Code Adjudicator Fiona Dickie has fined Star Pubs and Bars £2 million after finding the company seriously and repeatedly breached the legally binding Pubs Code over nearly three years.
From 23 August, the PCA will have a new postal address and will be using a single email address office@pubscodeadjudicator.gov.uk for all intelligence and enquiries
These factsheets summarise the main parts of the Pubs Code and related processes.
The Adjudicator’s report on the investigation into the use of unreasonable stocking terms by Star in proposed MRO tenancies
Around 70 MRO lessees have received an offer from Stonegate to remove the upward only open market rent review from their agreement when combined with an RPI linked rent review.
Tied Tenant Survey Results
These are the results of the Pubs Code Adjudicator's Annual Tied Tenant Survey 2023.
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