redundancy or not??

A question about : redundancy or not??

Hi, i'm sure someone can help me.... !!! my partner works in a small hotel managed by a brewery ( they employ a manager to manage the hotel, and partner is paid directly by the brewery) and has been like this for many years, but we have just found out that the brewery are now putting the hotel out to a tenancy, so the new employer will be the new lease holder.
they have mentioned the words redundacy but have also hinted that there will be no pay-off as such because the new lease holder might keep the staff on... so is this redundancy(?)-, as the current employer will not employ them any longer- or is this acceptable if the job just carries on? - then again, is there a legislation that ensures that the new lease holder has to keep the current employees (even if the new owners deem it un-needed eg no need to keep the cleaner/barmaid/chef as they are willing to do that job themselves)??- why keep a dog and bark yourself kind of thinking(!)
also, is there a minimum notice period for this kind of change?
thank you for any advice - i know it might sound overcomplicated :-)

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