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‘Dogfight’ looms as landlords start suing restaurants over unpaid rent By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 4 April 2020 Some of Britain’s biggest landlords have called in lawyers to claw back the rent that shops and restaurants have refused to pay during the lockdown, … Read more
Publicans whose livelihoods are under threat from coronavirus lockdown rallying against ‘unethical’ practices of Britain’s major pub groups By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 Publicans whose livelihoods are under threat from the coronavirus lockdown are rallying against the ‘unethical’ practices of … Read more
Government accused of backtracking on its promise to protect renters from eviction as coronavirus crisis deepens Government has banned evictions for three months for those unable to work Landlords will still be able to serve eviction notices during this time Some have reported tenants are already struggling to pay their rent Coronavirus symptoms: what are … Read more
Landlords hold lock-ins to sell off their beer while crowds gather to drink outside pubs as boozers flout Boris Johnson’s coronavirus lockdown on day one Landlords have been criticised for holding lock-ins breaching coronvirus rules Members of the public have filmed people staggering out of pubs since Friday Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the closure … Read more
More than 25 major high street chains hold crunch talks with landlords to avert stores axe By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 More than 25 major high street chains are in crunch talks with landlords over a massive rent bill … Read more
Cheers! Rural pub landlords say Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s unprecedented coronavirus handout gives them a chance of survival Rob and Donna Taylor run The Compasses Inn in rural kent Said Mr Sunak’s stimulus package could prove ‘massive’ for small businesses Mr Taylor, 38, said he was ‘shellshocked’ when Mr Johnson ordered closures Coronavirus symptoms: what are they … Read more
Police and courts could be ‘overwhelmed’ by drinkers and landlords who flout Boris Johnson’s ban on pubs, says legal expert as coronavirus rules destroy the ‘ancient and inalienable rights’ of Britons Boris Johnson tonight declared that all pubs will close tonight and remain shut But if landlords keep pouring, officials could be ‘overwhelmed’ by disobedience … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A woman has revealed how she was left in tears when she received a message from her landlord to reassure her that she won’t have to worry about rent in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Comedian Amy Gledhill from Edinburgh took to Twitter to reveal that her landlord, Chris, had sent her a message saying that … Read more
Revealed: Hundreds of thousands of landlords have sold up since George Osborne’s controversial tax changes were introduced There are some 222,570 fewer landlords now than in 2017, a drop of 8 per cent It follows the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for landlords The amount of rented homes available has remained broadly the … Read more