More scope for pub rent deals

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news.ma/ViewArticle?R=90141

What more evidence does a Select Committe need other than: “The average new leaseholder only lasts in business for around 18 months and typically that is because the rent is too high..."

Does anyone need to read anything more than this?

Incidentally JD 18 months accords perfectly with the Punch stats that GMB published a year or so ago that were widely ignored by the industry - including all the trade press. In fact taking 18 months tenure to lose your shirt in a tied lease compared with those Punch stats would have looked like a rip roaring success of longevity.

edited by: J Mark Dodds at: 28/03/2011 09:29:24