Fiona Dickie

BIG INTERVIEW

The Big Interview: Justice has always motivated me

16-Apr-2024 By Gary Lloyd

A calling for justice is what led Fiona Dickie to the role of pubs code adjudicator but would you have known she regrets never having worked or lived abroad?

Fiona Dickie re-appointed as pubs code adjudicator

28-Feb-2024 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Government has re-appointed Fiona Dickie as pubs code adjudicator (PCA) for a further three-year period.

Publicans praise advice from pub companies

18-Jul-2022 By Rebecca Weller

More than three quarters of licensees operating a partnered pub have praised the advice they receive form their pub company’s Business Development Managers (BDMs), new research conducted by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed.

How the pubs code is working in practice

03-Mar-2022 By Fiona Dickie, pubs code adjudicator

A big focus for me at the moment is boosting communications with tied tenants. I am listening to their views about the code and improving their understanding of pubs code rights.

Making change to achieve more progress in 2022

08-Dec-2021 By Fiona Dickie, pubs code adjudicator

As 2021 draws to a close its end is marked by the latest step I have taken to improve the way the pubs code works for tenants, and it is a big one.

The pubs code turns five

Timeline: Five years of the pubs code and PCA

14-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

The Morning Advertiser (MA) looks back on some of the pubs code's major milestones ahead of the fifth anniversary of its enforcement on 21 July.

PCA outlines ‘blueprint’ to streamline tenant access to pubs code information

05-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

The office of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has published a new strategy for providing tied tenants the pubs code support in light of the findings of an operator survey.

Opinion

How do pubs code rights apply when a pub is sold?

26-Jan-2021 By Fiona Dickie, pubs code adjudicator

The pandemic is having an effect on many lives and businesses across the whole pub trade – one outcome of this could be pub acquisitions by investors with long-term confidence in the recovery of the sector.

PCA pens letter to tied tenants and ‘stops the clock’ on pubs code deadlines

13-Jan-2021 By Stuart Stone

Pubs code adjudicator (PCA) Fiona Dickie has approved a new declaration to ‘pause and preserve’ key rights during fresh lockdown restrictions and written to tied tenants in recognition of yet another ‘bitter blow’.

Star to appeal £2m PCA fine

17-Dec-2020 By Ed Bedington

Star Pubs & Bars has announced it is to appeal the fine imposed by pubs code adjudicator (PCA) Fiona Dickie for what she described as “seriously and repeatedly” breaching the rules over nearly a three-year period.