C&C Group sells its spirits business for £260m
30-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
C&C Group has today announced the sale of its spirits and liqueurs division to William Grant for €300m (£260m). C&C's spirits business...
28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Greene King has driven the food sales at its 437 Local Pubs from 14% of total sales to almost 19% of sales in three years.
28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Greene King has nearly doubled the size of its Old English Inns brand by clubbing together its characterful pubs and coaching inns in the estate....
28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Greene King has expanded its Hungry Horse brand by 51 sites in two years — around 50% — with a growth spurt of 26 new sites in the past five...
Greene King says it profits are on track
28-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
The economic downturn appears to have passed by Greene King's managed pub operation, which today reported like-for-like sales up nearly four per cent...
28-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
The average profit per leased pub in the Greene King estate fell 3.4% on last year but has begun to stabilise. The super regional brewer and pub...
15-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
After introducing a compulsory induction course in March 2008, the pubco and its licensees are reaping the rewards.
Greene King trims board
06-Apr-2010
Greene King is to slim down the size of its board following its decision to relieve the managing director's of its Brewing Company and Local Pubs...
26-Feb-2010 By MA reporter
Greene King IPA has teamed up with the Morning Advertiser to offer five readers a pair of tickets each to see Quins play Worcester on 6 March.
05-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Andrew Knight, the former managing director of Spirit Group — Punch's managed pub division — has joined Weightwatchers as managing director of...
Win Greene King IPA tickets to Quins v Gloucester
01-Feb-2010
This all-England clash at the Twickenham Stoop will be the first of two encounter s between the sides in the space of a week. Will Skinner and his...
27-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Greene King has launched a campaign to encourage its pubs to attract more women aged 35 and over, with the help of its female licensees. Dubbed the...
27-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The health of Greene King tenants and lessees continues to improve thanks to increased levels of price support, the pubco reports.
07-Dec-2009 By Mark Stretton and The PMA Team
David Elliott, the long-serving managing director of Greene King's leased and tenanted pub division, is to step down from the group at the end of...
01-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has reported a "strong performance" with a 2.8% rise in profit before tax to £62.4m for the 24 weeks to 18 October. Revenue was...
Anand confirms Greene King's BBPA exit
01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King has no plans to reverse its decision to leave the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the brewer's chief executive...
Greene King responds to "flight to value
01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tackling costs and appealing to value-minded customers has helped Suffolk brewer Greene King report pre-tax profits for the first six months of its...
25-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has become the first pub operator to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard. It has also become the country's first brewer to gain this...
Greene King quitting BBPA to focus on its own lobbying efforts
26-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King said it was quitting the UK's leading pub trade organisation next year because it preferred to lobby government and others...
21-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has vowed it will continue to work with others in the industry but will also focus on its own lobbying, following its exit from BBPA.
BBPA set to try and persuade Greene King to remain in trade body
16-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) says it hopes to persuade Greene King to remain in the trade body, despite the Suffolk brewer giving...
07-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Around 300 Greene King licensees are to be rewarded for their work with cask beer, with the launch of a new initiative called the Head Brewer's Club....
10-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King has been accused of enforcing a no-rent-reduction clause, regardless of the circumstances, at a Devon pub. An historic clause on the...
08-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has reported that its managed division is enjoying like-for-like sales growth of 4.6%, with food like-for-likes up 8.1% in the 17 weeks...
Greene King: "We're stronger now than before the recession began
08-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King claims it is in better condition to withstand whatever else the recession has to throw at it than before the credit crunch...
A spirited defence
04-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
"How can I be sure, In a world, that's constantly changin'?" For female readers of a certain age - and who knows, perhaps even a few male ones - the...
Pernod warns of "stagnating" wine and spirits market
03-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard said today it believed "an overall stagnation" of the wines and spirits industry will continue for at least the next 12...
02-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Racing TV channel Racing UK has reported an uplift in subscriptions from Greene King managed pubs. The channel, which does not require a Sky...
04-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
The majority of Greene King executive directors saw a drop in pay in 2008-2009 compared to the year before. Chief executive Rooney Anand earned a...
'Evacuation after fire at Greene King brewery'
30-Jul-2009
Staff at Suffolk's biggest brewery were evacuated yesterday following a severe fire in a boiler room. Fire crews were called to the Greene King...
30-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
The "small" fire at Greene King's brewery will have "no impact on customer orders", the company has said. The boiler house was evacuated and fire...
Greene King: Fit for the future?
12-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
A passing remark from Greene King chairman Tim Bridge in the brewer's results announcement - that the Suffolk brewer had made no acquisitions during...
'Greene King boss sees merit in minimum pricing proposals'
05-Jul-2009
"Rooney Anand, chief executive of pubs giant Greene King, admitted he had some sympathy for minimum alcohol pricing proposed by the Scottish...
Greene King "now stronger than before recession", claims CEO
02-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is in a stronger position now than it was before the start of the economic downturn, according to the Suffolk brewer's chief executive...
02-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is looking forward with "cautious optimism" after a 1.3% rise in revenue to £942.3m for the 52 weeks to 3 May. Operating profit dipped...
Greene King pubs raise thousands for charity
17-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Customers and staff from 15 Greene King pubs across West Yorkshire have banded together to raise nearly £9,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.The...
Greene King buys 11 Punch pubs
09-Jun-2009
Greene King has agreed a deal to buy 11 freehold managed pubs from Punch Taverns for £30.4 million, more than £2m below their total book value....
28-May-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Greene King's Scottish brewery Belhaven has put 11 freehold pubs on the market. The majority of the pubs, which range from the Waterline in Greenock...
Greene King sends in the Specialists
19-May-2009
Greene King Pub Partners has drafted some of its most experienced licensees into its tenant training programme.Dubbed 'The Specialists', the 20...
18-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King Pub Partners has re-launched its tenant training programme with more experienced licensees joining its team. The programme, known as "The...
08-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Spirit Group pub in Lincolnshire has been fined over £50,000 for remaining open despite raw sewage being found behind the bar. The Gamekeeper,...
29-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
Spirit, the managed division of Punch Taverns, is looking to sell up to 100 pubs as it sets forth on a three-year programme to reach its potential.
Greene King to raise £207m via rights issue
23-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King has announced plans to raise more than £200m through issuing new shares to investors.The group said it was issuing nearly...
23-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is hoping to raise £207.5m through a new rights issue to fund acquisitions and pay off some of its securitised debt. The Suffolk brewer...
17-Apr-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Spirit Group, the managed arm of Punch Taverns, is planning to reposition as much as a quarter of its pub estate, according to Mike Tye. The Spirit...
02-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King has abandoned cooling-off periods for in-coming licensees in favour of 12-month stand-alone tenancies to give hosts a flavour of running...
16-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Freeholds of a further seven pubs where Spirit Group is the tenant are up for auction at the end of this month. The pubs, expected to reach almost...
19-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Only four of the 10 Spirit freeholds auctioned last week on behalf of British Land were sold, raising just over £6.1m. Three out of four pubs...
19-Feb-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Greene King has become the first brewer to gain Red Tractor accreditation across its entire beer portfolio. Beers including Greene King IPA, Old...
'Greene King to sell 100 pubs despite improving profits'
12-Feb-2009
The pub operator and brewer, Greene King, told analysts that while its top 1,000 tenanted pubs are improving profits, it has accelerated corrective...
