In this episode, The Forum's Managing director Ian Cass puts some direct questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rish Sunak (albeit in spirit) about the upcoming budget and where governemnt focus needs to be for small business in the UKIn under ten minutes, Ian covers a range of critical business issues from BREXIT to Business Rates, from Late Payment and Regulation to Skills and Education plus many other pressing challenges to SMEs.Support the Show.

The tied pub business model is not only exploitative it can also become a failed investment that ultimately presents huge financial losses that burden tenants for many years.Ian Cass and Dave Mountford discuss just some of the questionable business practices that are seeing many of the community pubs go out of business predominantly at the hands of the Pub companies.The government has done very little to support the legislation that it put in place via the Pubs Code Adjudicator. As a re...

Dave Mountford, probably one of Britain's most vocal supporters of fair treatment for licenced trade Landlords, talks to the Forum of Private Business about his story.His one man crusade is founded in near insurmountable challenges at the hands of a large Pub Co. He pulls no punches in telling The Forum just exactly who he beleives is partly to blame for the steady demise of the British licensed trade.In this episode, part one of three, Dave walks us through the early stages and the euphoria ...

In this final episode, Dave describes how is has turned the years of difficulty and experience managing relationships with Pub Co's into a valuable business support mechanism. The Pub Defender along with the Forum of Private Business offers experienced based guidance and direct, hands on support to existing Landlords struggling to make a living under challenging tied contracts. Dave is invaluable to would-be landlords advising them at the "pre-contract stage" ensuring that those wan...

In part two of The Pub Defender, Dave talks about the aftermath of trying to salvage what sensibility and energy he had left for the licensed trade. He describes the struggle that faced him and his family after putting everything into the business.There was hope, a lifeboat in fact and in this episode, Dave tells The Forum that thanks to a chance meeting of minds and a shared understanding, he managed to sail away from the rocky shores and off into the distance... not without a few high seas ...

Ian Cass MD at the Forum of Private business gives a Brexit Update. Detailing the 4 necessary steps to take if you import or expect, heading towards the 31st October No-deal exit from the EU.Support the Show.