Trade and Industry - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 December 2004.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DEVELOPMENT
OF THE UK MARKET FOR BEER, 1989-2004
The Beer Orders
Public house ownership - the emergence of
the pubcos
Changes in the brewing sector
The revocation of the Beer Orders
3 EU
INVESTIGATIONS
4 THE
COMPLAINT FROM THE FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES
5 THE
IMPACT OF PUBCOS ON THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BEER
The retail market for beer
Wholesale supply
Small brewers
Guest beer rights
Distribution problems
Distribution
6 THE
CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TENANT AND PUBCO
Low costs of entry
Pubcos' agreements with their tenants
Repair obligations
Assignment
Exclusive purchasing obligations (the beer
tie)
Lack of information for prospective tenants
Assignment
Legal advice
7 THE
COST OF THE TIE TO TENANTS
The wholesale price differential
Pubcos' scale discounts
Tenants' discounts
AWP income
Royalties and rents
8 THE
BENEFIT OF THE TIE TO TENANTS
Dry rent - the profit assessment method
Fair maintainable rent (FMT)
Accuracy
Rent reviews
Upward only rent review (UORR)
Grievance procedures
Rent concessions
Special commercial or financial advantages
(SCORFA)
Legal and professional support
Business development managers (BDM)
Investment
Centralised purchasing and technical services
9 BALANCING
THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE TIE
The cost of the tie to tenants
The benefit of the tie to tenants
The consequences of ending the beer tie
Code of conduct
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 128-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 128-II)
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