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Pub companies and tenants consultation
Seeks views on government proposals to establish a Statutory Code and an independent Adjudicator for the pubs sector.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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The government is keen to support a thriving and diverse pubs sector. There have been longstanding and serious concerns raised about the relationship between large pub companies and their tenants. The government is consulting on proposals to establish a Statutory Code and an independent Adjudicator for the pubs sector to govern the relationship between large pub companies and their tenants.
In the video below, Jo Swinson, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, and Mike Benner, Chief Executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), discuss the government’s proposals.
Documents
Pub companies and tenants: a government consultation application/pdfPub companies and tenants: impact assessmentapplication/pdfPub companies and tenants: government response to the consultationapplication/pdfPub companies and tenants: final impact assessmentapplication/pdfPub companies and tenants: introduction to consultation responsesapplication/pdfPub companies and tenants: statistical analysis of written consultation responsesapplication/pdfPub companies and breweries with more than 500 pubs: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedPub companies and breweries with fewer than 500 pubs, including micro-breweries: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedPub company and brewery employees: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedTenants: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedInterest groups, trade bodies and other organisations: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedSupply chain: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedPolitical representatives: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedOther individuals, eg consumers: responsesapplication/x-zip-compressedOnline survey responsesapplication/pdfReport by London Economics on modelling the impact of proposed policies on pubs and the pub sectorapplication/pdfResponses received after consultation closing dateapplication/x-zip-compressed