Running a Pub – The Options

Running a pub has never been easier and the demand for running your own pub is still huge despite the recession, despite the bad publicity created by the contracts for tied beer and other products, despite the government enquiry into the pub co’s beer tie and despite the thousands of people who have found themselves bankrupted after investing their homes, equity, savings, retirement and redundancy money into it.

Does that sound scary?

It is intended to grab your attention and there isnt a word of untruth in that opening statement.

The intention is not to put you off buying a pub or leasing or running your own pub. It is simply to let you know that you need to be careful and within the pages of this site you will receive advice which will help you make beter decisions.

Lets take a look at the options you have for running a pub in a very basic format and we will reintroduce each one again individually with the blog section as it allows comments from all sides.

Many people will tell you that the only way to make money is to be free of tie, does that mean that rents are going to be more expensive, are all pub co’s seen as bad to deal with? Are there any good and honest pubco’s. Which Pubco’s are recommended to deal with..if any. Find out in the blog section as we pose those questions and invite people to come and comment.

Freehold – Buying a pub

Leasing a Pub:

Tied leases

Free of Tie

Pub Tenancy Agreements:

Tenancy at will

Traditional Tied Tenancies

Self Employed Pub Tenancy (This is an option with low risk, no bills, no repair etc where you earn on commission basis)

Try Before you buy

Manage a Pub