Greene King

Turnover of largest pub groups continues to outpace inflation

23-May-2017 By Liam Coleman

The average turnover of the 50 biggest pub companies in the UK is continuing to outpace inflation.

London pub successfully avoids ‘turgid’ MRO process

11-May-2017 By Liam Coleman

A central London pub has gone free of tie without invoking the “turgid” market-rent-only (MRO) option available through the pubs code.

Six biggest tenanted pubcos to honour new planning laws early

04-May-2017 By Liam Coleman

The six biggest pubcos have agreed to honour new planning legislation ahead of it coming into force in July.

Greene King expands foodservice arm for tenants

20-Apr-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Greene King Pub Partners has expanded its range of food services to tenanted and leased pubs in its estate.

Greene King opens 14 new Farmhouse Inns

13-Apr-2017 By Liam Coleman

Greene King has opened 14 new Farmhouse Inns sites over the last 12 months and has recruited 1,000 staff to fuel the expansion.

Greene King helps licensees ‘drive trade’ through online presence

15-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Greene King is offering discounted website 'toolkits' for tenanted and leased licensees to set up their own website and “embrace the digital world”.

New Greene King kits to cut beer cooling energy by half

08-Mar-2017 By Liam Coleman

Greene King is rolling out new cellar kits with the aim of cutting the energy used by its beer cooling systems by 50%.

Record-breaking Christmas for Greene King

10-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub group heavyweight Greene King broke its Christmas Day trading record and saw like-for-like sales growth of 1.1% for the 40 weeks to 5 February.

Gallery: pub openings January 2017

02-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at the newest pub openings and refurbishments across the UK.

Greene King lawyers urge minister to clear up stocking rights

02-Feb-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Greene King's lawyers have written to Greg Clark, Secretary of State for the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), calling for an amendment on stocking rights in the pubs code.

Leeds pub and brewhouse to be bought by local community

25-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Members of a community have joined forces to purchase a pub and brewhouse in Leeds to prevent them from closing down.

Pubs ‘the most popular place for eating out’

18-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

More than a third of Britons visit pubs for evening meals, ahead of restaurants and fast-food outlets, according the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker.

Openings

December 2016 pub openings

03-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at new openings and pub facelifts in the last month of 2016.

Leisure tracker

Greene King Leisure Tracker: drinking out spend up year-on-year

21-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Consumers spent less money on drinking in November but their spend remained significantly higher than the same period last year, reports Greene King’s monthly Leisure Tracker.