Greene King

Greene King invests £350k into Blackpool pub

23-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A Blackpool pub has been given a £350,000 refurbishment by Greene King Pub Partners – and the team behind its revival have a personal connection to the site.

Summer rain dampens Greene King’s 2019 sales

27-Jun-2019 By Stuart Stone

According to latest trading figures, sales at Greene King pubs have been hit by poor weather after a ‘return to market outperformance’ in the year to 28 April.

Pub loses 75% of sales after fire rips through nearby hotel

18-Jun-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

A Greene King pub in Middlesbrough lost roughly 75% of its weekly takings following a fire at a nearby deserted hotel, which is also believed to have spread asbestos in the immediate area.

Pub staff raise £680k for cancer charity in just one month

18-Jun-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Staff at Greene King pubs have raised well over half-a-million pounds for a cancer charity in a month after teams organised swimathons, long distance cycle rides and music festivals.

Apprentice-brewed Greene King beer launches nationwide

03-Jun-2019 By Stuart Stone

A beer brewed by apprentices at Greene King is to be rolled out across the brewer and operator’s nationwide estate of pubs.

Fancy getting paid £2,000 to review pubs in the UK?

23-May-2019 By Robert Mann

Brewer and pub operator Greene King is searching for its first event tester – who will get paid £2,000 to travel the country and taste beer.

Greene King launches LGBT+ network at London’s oldest gay pub

23-May-2019 By Stuart Stone

Bury St Edmunds-based brewer and pub operator Greene King has officially launched LGBT+ network, The Village Greene, at what is thought to be London’s oldest LGBT+ pub.

Greene King probes ‘we don’t do disableds’ claim

22-May-2019 By Stuart Stone

Bury St Edmunds-based brewer and pub operator Greene King is investigating an accusation that a customer at one of its pubs was refused service on the grounds of being disabled.

Edinburgh pub honours engineers after £500k revamp

15-May-2019 By Emily Hawkins

An investment of £500,000 has transformed a Scottish pub into a tribute to the country’s famous engineers, with a feature water wheel and decor made from salvaged materials.

Greene King sales crowning

09-May-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Greene King’s pub arm saw like-for-like volume sales for the 52 weeks to 28 April 2019 rise by 2.9%, the pubco revealed in a trading statement.

Novichok pub back in business

05-Apr-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A pub that found itself at the centre of the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning last year has reopened after an extensive refurbishment.

Greene King saves over 1,000 carveries in food waste initiative

20-Mar-2019 By Robert Mann

Greene King has become the first pub company to join forces with Too Good To Go – an app designed to help businesses reduce food waste.

World’s youngest master brewer to run Greene King brewery

08-Mar-2019 By Stuart Stone

Greene King has appointed Ross O’Hara as the head brewer of its 220-year-old brewing business.

International Women’s Day

The women who lead in the on-trade

07-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

There are too few women at the top level in business across the world and the UK. While pubs and bars can't escape that fact either, here we tell the stories of nine women at the top in the on-trade.

Crowdfunding campaign to save Camden pub

25-Feb-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The reaction to a crowdfunding campaign to buy the Hawley Arms, in Camden, from Greene King, has delighted the team behind it.