A Calderdale pub is among dozens of pubs being made available to let free-of-tie by Wellington Pub Company.

Leisure property specialists Fleurets has been instructed to let 38 pubs on free-of-tie agreements. The properties are spread across England and Wales,.

They include the Whitehall Hotel at Hipperholme.

The free-of-tie lease allows the properties to be traded as a mixed bar/restaurant business or 100% restaurant format – lessees have the freedom to choose. Lessees will also have freedom to plan, operate and select their preferred brands from a chosen brewer or wholesaler without any interference from Wellington.

Wellington Pub Company’s standard leases are normally for a term of 20 years, although longer terms may be negotiable on properties requiring capital investment.

Wellington Pub Company owns the largest free-of-tie pub estate in the UK with about 800 tenanted public houses.

The other pubs on the list include seven beibng hasndled by Fleurets’ London office, five in south east England, eight in the south west, 10 in East Anglia, three in the Midlands and five in the north east, including the Whitehall Hotel.

Fleurets, which has regional offices in Leeds, is the larges firm of chartered surveyors in the Uk specialising exclusively in the sale and valuation of hotels, restaurants, pubs and leisure property.

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