Greene King

Hospitality apprenticeships support ‘vast and rapid’ career progression

07-Mar-2018 By Claire Churchard

Apprenticeships offer a fast-track route to rewarding careers in the hospitality and pub sector, MPs and pub industry leaders said at the Apprenticeship Showcase event in the House of Commons yesterday.

Greene King unveils new £1.1m look for Henry the fox

05-Mar-2018 By James Beeson

Greene King has revealed a new advertising campaign for its Old Speckled Hen brand.

Greene King hits 10,000 apprentices milestone

05-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Suffolk-based pub retailer and brewer Greene King celebrated the start of National Apprenticeship Week by announcing that it’s apprenticeship schemes have helped 10,000 people graduate to roles within the organisation.

Greene King and The Prince's Trust toast successful pub apprentices

28-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Pub operator and brewer Greene King and youth charity The Prince's Trust celebrated the success of their latest Get Into Hospitality apprenticeship programme with an event at the Griffin pub in Leeds.

Greene King announces six-figure joint venture partnership

21-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Kained Holdings has been announced as the second multiple operator to make a joint venture agreement with Greene King Pub Partners.

Greene King hailed as great employer of apprentices

23-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Greene King has been recognised in the 2017 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer List, compiled annually by the National Apprenticeship Service.

Greene King wins ‘Best Apprenticeship Programme’ at the Training Journal Awards

06-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

Pub retailer and brewer Greene King, which currently employs around 40,000 people across the UK, took home the prize for Best Apprenticeship Programme at the Training Journal Awards on 5 December.

Greene King apologises after first health and safety prosecution

21-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Suffolk-based pubco has been fined £150,000 after its first health and safety prosecution in its 218-year history, the company has confirmed.

Greene King to make first appearance at Lord Mayor's Show

07-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

Pub retailer and brewer Greene King will add a unique flavour to the Lord Mayor’s Show on 11 November when it add its own float to the procession.

What do Greene King’s joint ventures mean for tenanted pubs?

29-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Greene King will work with more pub industry stars on joint ventures after announcing the launch of a third site with celebrity chef Tom Kerridge this week, but managing director Clive Chesser vowed tenanted sites would not be forgotten.

Great British Pub Awards 2017

The Eagle and Child wins John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017

08-Sep-2017 By Ed Bedington

A socially conscious pub was celebrating after taking the title of John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017.

Anger over Hungry Horse pub scrapping children's menus

05-Sep-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Customers have complained after a major refurbishment of their Hungry Horse pub left them without a children's menu.

Large pub chains at risk of serious financial damage

01-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs face twin risks from consumer weakness and rising input costs, leading global banking giant HSBC to downgrade its ratings for JD Wetherspoon and Greene King last week.

Greene King Pub creates spoiler free Game of Thrones ‘safe space’

25-Aug-2017 By James Beeson

A Manchester pub has created a ‘safe place’ for Game of Thrones fans, ahead of the season finale on Monday 28 August.

Pub-industry bodies slam PCA’s MRO report as ‘one-sided and opaque'

23-Aug-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pub-industry bodies have slammed a report from the pubs code adjudicator containing evidence that pub-owning businesses (POBs) are blocking tied tenants’ access to the market rent only option (MRO) and going against the spirit of the pubs code.