‘Pubs need better deal’ says landlady of Golden Slipper in Goodramgate, York

9:56am Saturday 19th January 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Richard Catton, richard.catton@thepress.co.uk

York Central MP Hugh Bayley chats to the landlady of the Golden Slipper in Goodramgate, Anita Adams York Central MP Hugh Bayley chats to the landlady of the Golden Slipper in Goodramgate, Anita Adams

THE pressure from big pub companies on pub managers and tenant landlords in York was discussed when York MP Hugh Bayley met one of the city’s longest-serving landladies.

Anita Adams has owned and run the Golden Slipper in Goodramgate for 25 years,.

But she believes licensees in the city who are tied to major pub companies are being squeezed out of business. She met Mr Bayley over a pint yesterday to discuss the issue.

Mrs Adams said the problem was that licensees tied to the pub companies are having to pay inflated prices for beer.

“They can’'t shop around and get things cheaper,” she said.

“Then the Government puts up VAT. In real terms the price has gone up to us and the consumer by 50 per cent from three years ago.

“This is affecting the 90,000 people who work in this industry.”

Earlier this week, the Government announced it would introduce tighter regulations ruling the relationship between the big companies and licensees, following a speech in Parliament by Mr Bayley.

Speaking at The Golden Slipper, he said: “York’s pubs keep attracting visitors and local people. They are one of the things which make York the city it is. Anita is an experienced licensee who works hard at developing her pub and coming up with new ideas, but like hundreds of pubs across the country there is a limit to how much can be achieved through hard work and determination. The Government needs to do more to help the industry.”

“I was pleased when the Government did a U-turn and agreed to introduce a statutory code to regulate pub companies, but that needs backing up with other measures. They should be doing more to support the pub industry. They should get rid of the beer ties and conduct a review into the impact of the beer duty escalator.”

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roskoboskovic says...
10:03am Sat 19 Jan 13

have you seen the prices in the slipper.one of several typically tourist pubs in york.three tuns,golden fleece and royal oak are others who want to take a look at what they are charging.

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dodgydavereturns says...
10:46am Sat 19 Jan 13

roskoboskovic wrote:
have you seen the prices in the slipper.one of several typically tourist pubs in york.three tuns,golden fleece and royal oak are others who want to take a look at what they are charging.
To be fair, a lot of tenanted pubs have their prices set by the breweries and can't do much about it. No doubt there will be those that hike their prices up to match the competition's too!

That said, go to Venice and try get a cheap drink there!
A piece of cake, a glass of wine and a coffee. ...27 quid!
And that was away from the tourist areas too!

We are not THAT bad yet.

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chris w says...
1:16pm Sat 19 Jan 13

If the Smoking ban was amended many more people would return and stop the decline,I know I personally have hardly been to a pub in five years since they brought out the Ban as standing outside in all weathers is not my idea of having fun or relaxing.

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Woody G Mellor says...
2:57pm Sat 19 Jan 13

chris w wrote:
If the Smoking ban was amended many more people would return and stop the decline,I know I personally have hardly been to a pub in five years since they brought out the Ban as standing outside in all weathers is not my idea of having fun or relaxing.
Breathing in your second hand smoke isn't really my idea of fun or relaxing either. And going home stinking of fags.

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JudithM says...
3:50pm Sat 19 Jan 13

Woody G Mellor wrote:
chris w wrote:
If the Smoking ban was amended many more people would return and stop the decline,I know I personally have hardly been to a pub in five years since they brought out the Ban as standing outside in all weathers is not my idea of having fun or relaxing.
Breathing in your second hand smoke isn't really my idea of fun or relaxing either. And going home stinking of fags.
Woody, if the then Government had listened then everyone could have had his cake - or in this case cigarette - and eaten it. Pubs, clubs, restaurants, cafes, bingo halls could have opted as to whether they were smoking or non smoking venue's, as could the staff in them. I have had much correspondence with York's MP on this, and he could not give a fig really - certainly at the time and I bet not now except to get his picture in the paper! In the first year of the ban, over 4 pubs A DAY closed - and we still had then cheap supermarket booze, and tied pubs - and yes, they have to take some of the blame but not all, not all at all!

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Bill Gibson says...
4:45pm Sat 19 Jan 13

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handymanphil says...
6:06pm Sat 19 Jan 13

Woody G Mellor says.-of course Woody, you talk like like an absolute plonker for is choice had been allowed in the first place then none of this closure disaster would have happened. I don't smoke, so you and i could have gone to a non smoking pub (if we so chose) and smokers could have attended smoking pubs. You would have no opportunity to comp-lain that your clothes stank of anythiong than personal BO!
The anti smoking brigade really are the dogs excrement the way they have manipulated the lies, the statistics & the junk science to suit themselves to enforce this atrociously impelemented law. As a non smoker I don't bother with pubs anymore as they have been turned into lifeless, soul-less mausoleums! The breweries, for siding up with all the Blair spin/hype don't deserve any custom! Look at Punch taverns-it didn't take Giles Thorley long to pocket a few £million and realise the pubs were dead meat!

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chas says...
6:34pm Sat 19 Jan 13

Before the smoking ban even pubco managers/tenants were making a good living. When pubcos start losing money due to the ban they started charging their managers/tenants more in rent, etc.
The ban must have cost the Government many billions

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bob the builder says...
6:34pm Sat 19 Jan 13

If the pubcos squeeze out tenants, what do they think they will do with empty city centre properties? There are plenty of empty shops and stalled or failed residential developments - seems an odd way to run a business.

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Maquis says...
4:38am Sun 20 Jan 13

bob the builder wrote:
If the pubcos squeeze out tenants, what do they think they will do with empty city centre properties? There are plenty of empty shops and stalled or failed residential developments - seems an odd way to run a business.
There is always another mug ready to take the lease. That is what happens. They lie about the potential, charge a fortune, making all the promises under the sun, and once they have the signature, they wait for you to go bust.
Its short sighted and stupid, but that is the way it is with them. The honest but naive landlord is royally shafted.

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oi oi savaloy says...
8:36am Sun 20 Jan 13

I remember when you went from pub to pub and the difference in drink prices was maybe a penny, now it's pounds!! The difference between the bootham tavern for a pint of bitter and glass of wine is £1:10 ... AND that is why I don't go out to the pubs as often as what I used to , I just can't afford the prices anymore ... The pub companies and the governments (labour and Tory) have made it unaffordable for the average paid working man/woman to go out as often as they used to ... My first pint cost me 21p ... My last pint was over £3 ... Gone are the days when you would go out for a session :(

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oi oi savaloy says...
8:42am Sun 20 Jan 13

P.S. the pubs/bars in York are also charging tourist prices! I went in a vodka rev in birmingham and its pounds cheaper than the York one! No doubt the rents the council charge for some establishments will have an effect on prices!! I understand the Pizza Hut on parliament st shut down because of the rents/rates ...

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oi oi savaloy says...
8:45am Sun 20 Jan 13

oi oi savaloy wrote:
I remember when you went from pub to pub and the difference in drink prices was maybe a penny, now it's pounds!! The difference between the bootham tavern for a pint of bitter and glass of wine is £1:10 ... AND that is why I don't go out to the pubs as often as what I used to , I just can't afford the prices anymore ... The pub companies and the governments (labour and Tory) have made it unaffordable for the average paid working man/woman to go out as often as they used to ... My first pint cost me 21p ... My last pint was over £3 ... Gone are the days when you would go out for a session :(
That should have stated between the bootham tavern and the exi is £1:10 ...

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oi oi savaloy says...
8:49am Sun 20 Jan 13

oi oi savaloy wrote:
I remember when you went from pub to pub and the difference in drink prices was maybe a penny, now it's pounds!! The difference between the bootham tavern for a pint of bitter and glass of wine is £1:10 ... AND that is why I don't go out to the pubs as often as what I used to , I just can't afford the prices anymore ... The pub companies and the governments (labour and Tory) have made it unaffordable for the average paid working man/woman to go out as often as they used to ... My first pint cost me 21p ... My last pint was over £3 ... Gone are the days when you would go out for a session :(
That should have stated between the bootham tavern and the exi is £1:10 ...

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Buzz Light-year says...
9:29am Sun 20 Jan 13

Gigantic mahusive laugh out loud at the desperate smoking lobby usuals.

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chris w says...
9:34pm Sun 20 Jan 13

Ditto to the selfish Antismokers !

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hikerman says...
8:29am Mon 21 Jan 13

i hope Hugh Bayley didnt eat at the slipper i went in there had a meal steak and ale pie with veg it was very very salty i washed it down with a pint the lady who served it asked was it ok i said it was very salty as i went out i said bye she never said a word very rude for two days i was ill and not been in since not a good place to eat or drink .

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BKKYorkshireboy says...
1:03pm Mon 21 Jan 13

I like the Slipper but I much prefer the Snickleway over the road.

We went for a drink in the Tap last night - has anyone else noticed how pig ignorant the bar staff are in there? No eye contact, no hint of a smile, i felt as though i was being a nuisance daring to ask to be served (which was £3.80 a pint!).. a few of my friends think the same. I won't be going back in a hurry!

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oi oi savaloy says...
2:12pm Mon 21 Jan 13

hikerman wrote:
i hope Hugh Bayley didnt eat at the slipper i went in there had a meal steak and ale pie with veg it was very very salty i washed it down with a pint the lady who served it asked was it ok i said it was very salty as i went out i said bye she never said a word very rude for two days i was ill and not been in since not a good place to eat or drink .
I reckon bayley will have had the most expensive meal on the menu an then charged it to the tax payer!

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