Memorandum submitted by Eddie Cant
I just want to relay what happened to me at
my pub the Colliers Arms in Skewen South Wales.
Last year in May 2007 my rent was due for an
increase, Enterprise wanted an extra £90.00 on top of my
current rent of £803 per week, I rejected this offer as it
was way over the top. Enterprise started to use bullying tactics,
verbally threatening me I have no choice but to accept, I told
them I was going to the arbitrator, they said I would have to
pay their costs. It was only after I spoke to David Morgan of
Cookies who helped me to fight the case, it went on for over a
year, plenty of lost sleep, they Enterprise decided on the very
last hour not to pursue the case, a spoke person went on to say
to a reporter from our local paper that they felt my rent should
not have gone in the first place. Now this has left me with a
bill of over £3,500, I am now trying to get this money from
Enterprise. In the meantime five pubs have closed around me, one
has now opened with a manager put in, to my knowledge he is not
paying any rent to the brewery, he is selling his beer a lot cheaper
than I can, I have asked the BDM for information on this, he has
refused, I have again asked him for the Same concessions as the
managed pub, but I'm not holding my breath.
29 September 2008
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