St Austell Brewery has been acclaimed the UK’s best tenanted pub company for the sixth time in a row by the harshest of critics – the tenants themselves.

The annual M&C Allegra (MCA) Tenant Track survey interviews more than 1,200 pub tenants and lessees operating within 13 different pub companies across the country to gain a snapshot of the health of the sector.

This year’s survey by the independent food and drink research agency saw St Austell come out top again.

The business scored 8.73 out of 10 by tenants asked to rate their pub company, the highest score recorded in the survey, with day-to-day dealings with the Brewery rated at 8.92 out of 10, up 13% on 2017.