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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Stonegate pub and bar chain investigated over ‘unfair’ treatment of landlords

Front entrance of Be At One
Be At One bar in Covent Garden, London. Stonegate Group owns more than 3,000 tenanted and leased venues. Photograph: Zuma Press, Inc/Alamy

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 tenants.

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