11-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King is likely to sell around 100 tenanted pubs from its estate, according to Numis Securities analyst Douglas Jack. The analyst has...
10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch's managed division Spirit Group has rolled out a new online training resource for its pub teams across its 867-strong estate. Following a trial...
06-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King is turning its Loch Fyne restaurant site in Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield into a new gastro-pub concept called Old Speckled Hen. The pub,...
New Year blues? What New Year blues? asks Greene King
28-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Greene King said today it has yet to see any evidence of a post-New Year slowdown, but still expects the rest of the year to be tough."The...
28-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has reported that the "health measures" of its tenants remain broadly unchanged despite warning that they face "the most extreme trading...
22-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King has been fined £35,000 for hygiene offences after dead flies and mouse droppings were found at a Portsmouth pub. Environmental health...
07-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead
Award-winning business development manager Joe Smith is to leave Enterprise Inns to take up a new role with rival Greene King.
JD Wetherspoon slashes price of Greene King IPA
02-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
JDW will sell IPA for 99p per pint "indefinitely", while five meals are to be offered for £2.99 each.
Greene King's Anand launches attack on duty hike
02-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has warned that 2009 would be "even tougher" than the current calendar year, but declined to outline his...
Greene King puts focus on value food
02-Dec-2008
Greene King is fighting hard for its share of the mid-market pub food sales by expanding the value-for-money proposition across its estate.Announcing...
First half profits down at Greene King
02-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Despite a 15 per cent fall in first half profits, Suffolk brewer Greene King has maintained its dividend payment to shareholders.The brewer said that...
02-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King splashed out £1.8m in helping its tenants overcome one of the "toughest trading periods for many years" in the 24 weeks to 19 October...
Greene King splits Pub Partners business
22-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King has split its leased and tenanted pub business into two divisions - some 18 months after adopting a similar approach with...
13-Nov-2008 By Andrew Pring
Greene King Pub Partners is to offer a range of new terms, including going partially free of tie, in a bold move to support incoming licensees and attract more entrepreneurs and multiple lessees.
10-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Pub Partners licensees can download a range of new items, including posters, flyers, invitations, menus and wine lists.
02-Oct-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Loch Fyne Restaurants has dismissed suggestions that it is to shut down its expansion programme, but has confirmed that it is to rein back on...
18-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Spirit Group is the first operator to stock Morrissey Fox Blonde Ale in its London pubs. The beer, which was launched this month, has been developed...
05-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King Pub Partners has launched a new licensing guide for its tenants. The guide aims to advice licensees on how to get the most from their...
Greene King names new Belhaven boss
04-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King has named Euan Venters as the head of its Belhaven brewery and pubs business.Venters was formerly global president of food manufacturing...
02-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Profits drop 1.7% at tenanted and 1.6% at managed pubs, while beer volumes out-perform the market and fall 3%
Greene King 'on track' despite tough trading conditions
02-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King is set to deliver a relatively upbeat message to shareholders at the group's annual general meeting today.While...
29-Aug-2008 By John Harrington
The company will absorb the cost of cut-price drinks deals at around 200 mainly wet-led tenanted pubs
New Spirit Group boss to restructure company
29-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Mike Tye, Spirit Group's newly appointed managing director, has announced sweeping changes to the organisation in an effort to reverse its flagging...
08-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
Earnings per share growth targets for Greene King executive directors in the coming year have been reduced in "in the light of the current...
Leading trade union weighs into Spirit Group staff contracts row
01-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Trade union Unite has condemned plans by Spirit Group to create a single set of terms and conditions for more than 600 of the pub operator's...
Spirit Group plans to merge employment contracts spark staff fury
26-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Proposals to replace dozens of existing Spirit Group employment contracts with a single set of terms and conditions have been condemned by staff who...
Greene King's Abbot Ale sales grow 12% despite cask decline
17-Jul-2008
"We're well on track to build the best beer business in Britain," Greene King Brewing Company managing director Justin Adams told the MA today....
Greene King joins with Vintage man
10-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Joint venture sees opening of d'Arry's Greene King has opened its first joint venture business on the managed side. The company has teamed up with...
Knight departs as Tye takes the reins at Spirit
10-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch welcomes ex-Whitbread executive Spirit boss Andrew Knight is to leave the business and is being replaced by former Whitbread executive Michael...
What's happening at Greene King?
10-Jul-2008
Hungry Horse refurb scores big Greene King has seen takings per week rise by £5,000 at each of the first 26 Hungry Horse sites it has refurbished....
Andrew Knight leaves Spirit Group
07-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has announced the departure of Spirit Group managing director Andrew Knight with immediate effect.Knight has been in the top job at...
Rising costs the biggest issue for Greene King tenants
04-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Rising costs, the consumer downturn and supermarket pricing are the biggest headaches for Greene King's tenants.A survey for the Suffolk brewer,...
04-Jul-2008 By MA reporter
Greene King is looking to shed up to 17 jobs from its warehousing and distribution operation. The job losses include a number of draymen. Justin...
Greene King closer to becoming a REIT
03-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is the latest pub company to believe that "in principle" it could become a real estate investment trust (REIT).Announcing its results for...
03-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is optimistic about the impact of the smoking ban in England after reporting an 18% rise in profit at its Scottish Belhaven division in...
02-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Spirit Group, Punch's managed division, has reopened its flagship pub on London's Bankside, the Anchor, after a £1.6m investment. The company...
5 Rooney Anand chief executive, Greene King (5) Ralph Findlay chief executive, Marston's (5)
29-May-2008
Why they are on the list: Anand and Findlay run the UK's two "super regionals" — substantial companies that operate breweries, managed companies...
15 David Elliott managing director, Greene King Pub Partners (14) Stephen Oliver managing director, Marston's Pub Company (14)
29-May-2008
Why they are on the list: This duo operate more than 3,000 leased and tenanted pubs between them and command a high profile because of their...
Spirit churn hasn't improved profits
22-May-2008 By The PMA Team
A top City analyst has claimed he is "worried" by the performance of Spirit, Punch's managed estate, three years after it was acquired. Geof...
16-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is facing a catalogue of charges against mis-labeling food items at its managed pubs in Warwickshire. Stratford magistrates heard that at...
Spirit aims for 43 Good Night Inns sites by 2009
08-May-2008
Boss Giles Thorley has indicated that Punch's managed division will beat tough trading conditions through innovation. Jo Bruce looks at some of the...
Greene King 'seeks bidders' for 80-plus pubs
06-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is understood to have put a package of more than 80 of its leased and tenanted pubs on the market.The Bury St Edmunds-headquartered...
02-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has revamped its compulsory induction programme for new licensees. New tenants and lessees will first attend the "Go for Growth -...
Spirit of true co-operation
01-May-2008
Only by becoming a co-operative have the residents of one Cumbrian village saved their local pub and brewery There's a small beer revolution going on...
30-Apr-2008 By Jo Bruce
Spirit Group, Punch Tavern's managed division, has launched a new concept called Grill House Kitchen, with plans for up to 50 sites. The fresh food...
Mark Daniels: I should be greener
28-Apr-2008
You only have to look to the motoring industry to understand what I mean but, whether you believe it or not, environmental issues are here to stay...
Greene King fined for food hygiene breaches
23-Apr-2008
Greene King has been fined a total of £14,015 after pleading guilty to seven beaches of food hygiene laws at a Shropshire pub.Environmental health...
GI Partners tight-lipped on Spirit bid speculation
21-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
GI Partners, the private equity firm which owns Orchid Group, has remained tight-lipped over reports it is interested in buying the managed Spirit...
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Greene King Pub Partners has appointed three field-based recruitment and training managers to help find high quality licensees and retain them. The...
Recruitment focus at GK
03-Apr-2008
Greene King Pub Partners has appointed three field-based recruitment and training managers to help find high quality licensees and retain them. The...
