Stonegate Pub Chain Investigated Over Landlord Treatment
Stonegate, the UK's largest pub and bar chain, is under investigation for alleged unfair treatment of its landlords. The probe will examine the company's practices regarding its tenants.
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UK’s largest pub landlord Stonegate probed over treatment of tenants
Watchdog has ‘reasonable grounds’ to suspect company has broken rules over so-called beer tie
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Pubs code adjudicator says it has reasonable grounds to believe group has breached industry regulations The owner of the Slug & Lettuce and Be At One chains is being investigated over concerns about possible “unfair” treatment of landlords who run more than 3,000 of its venues. Stonegate Group, Britain’s biggest chain of bars and pubs, could be fined up to 1% of revenue, more than £16m, if it is found to have breached the “pubs code”, legislation governing how pub-owning companies treat their...
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