Smoking and the mature female pub goer
19-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
The word 'virgin' is not one I often see in a press release, but Greene King sure knows how to get a journalist's attention. According to research...
Snowy retires after shifting 1.5bn pints
01-Mar-2007
Greene King has waved goodbye to one of its longest-serving employees - Derek "Snowy" White, who has retired after racking up 1.5bn pints during his...
Greene King right to object
30-Nov-2006
The issue of who pays for residents' objections to licence applications is quite straightforward legally - yet anything but straightforward when it...
Greene King in costs battle
23-Nov-2006 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Greene King is taking four residents to the High Court to retrieve costs in a bid to protect community pubs across the country. The Suffolk brewer...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Oct-2006
An effigy of Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand may be placed atop the famous Lewes Bonfire next weekend after a row between a pub in the...
CAMRA slams Greene King over H&H closure
03-Oct-2006
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has condemned Greene King's closure of Hardys & Hansons brewery in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. Thousands of...
Greene King to close Hardys & Hansons' brewery
03-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
As widely anticipated, Greene King has announced that Hardys & Hansons' (H&H) Kimberley brewery is to close at the end of the year.Following...
03-Oct-2006
Greene King is to close Hardys and Hansons Kimberley brewery at the end of this year. Rooney Anand, chief executive of Greene King, said: "We...
Wine and food matching: I recommend...
15-Sep-2006
While food and wine have gone together for quite a few millennia, until quite recently the main thing they had in common as far as pubs were...
10-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Greene King executive directors shared a bonus pool of £1.026m in the 2005/2006 financial year, according to the company's annual report. The pool...
Match times help kick off pub business boom
22-Jun-2006 By A public auction in London next month sees the com
Favourable timing of England games means pubs are continuing to report bumper sales during the World Cup. And more is to come after victory over...
Ringing the changes
21-Jan-2006
Glenn Yates tells Ewan Turney how staff investment and a sound marketing strategy have made Ye Olde Bell & Steelyard in Woodbridge, Suffolk, a...
GK's profits rise 14% in
14-Jul-2005
wake of Laurel deal by John Harrington Greene King is reaping the rewards of its acquisition of Laurel's neighbourhood pubs, after posting record...
Ridley's brewery faces axe in wake of GK's £46m takeover
07-Jul-2005
by MA Reporter Another of Britain's remaining regional family brewers is to close after Greene King purchased TD Ridley & Sons of Essex this...
Greene King wins battle for Ridley's
07-Jul-2005
Greene King trumped super-regional rival Wolverhampton & Dudley as well as Shepherd Neame and its regional competitor Charles Wells to pick up...
Angela on the rack
07-Jul-2005
Going back to the shop floor was all in a day's work for Greene King boss Mark Angela. TONY HALSTEAD joined him behind the bar of one of the busiest...
Rooney Anand
26-May-2005
chief executive, Greene King (18) Like his namesake who bags goals for ManU and England, Rooney Anand's stock has significantly risen this past...
Tenants to complain to OFT over GK prices
19-May-2005
Greene King is being threatened with a legal complaint to the Office of FairTrading by a group of 91 tenants. Thecomplaint centres on the...
Living for food
21-Apr-2005
Trevor Golton and Cathy Clarke swapped selling cars and holidays to live a life creating perfect pub food. Ewan Turney reports Trevor Golton lives,...
Unit labelling for Allied Domecq
17-Mar-2005
Drinks company Allied Domecq is to add a sensible-drinking message and alcohol-unit labelling to all of its spirits and fortified wine brands sold in...
Pubs showing support for Beer With Food Week
17-Mar-2005
Pubs across the UK are playing an important part in the national Beer With Food Week which, runs until Sunday and is being supported by Greene King...
Beer With Food Week updates:
03-Mar-2005
l Restaurant sommelier turned pub landlord Mark Vandergoot is more qualified than most to offer beer with food matching tips. The Australian-born...
Cultural creativity at Greene King
18-Jan-2005
Greene King Pub Company's managing director, Mark Angela, has unveiled a radical restructuring of the managed pub division under the strap-line, "The...
Greene King to focus on Laurel integration
09-Dec-2004
Suffolk-based brewer Greene King said today the integration of Laurel was going ahead as planned.As the company released its interim results figures...
Greene King refuses to rest on its Laurels
15-Jul-2004
Buoyed up by strong results, Greene King is back on the acquisition trail with its £654m deal for Laurel's community pubs. John Porter looks at a...
Greene King believes a smoking ban is inevitable
14-Jul-2004
Greene King Pub Company has claimed a smoking ban is becoming inevitable - and has launched a non-smoking strategy to prepare pubs for a future...
Greene King to launch beer 'centre of excellence'
04-Jun-2004
Greene King Brewing Company has launched a "centre of excellence" in its home town of Bury St Edmunds.The brewer, whose brands include IPA and Old...
Greene King sets out Morrells stall
05-Jul-2002
Greene King, the brewer and pub owner that today reported another year of double-digit growth, has unveiled its plans for the newly acquired Morrells...
Greene King spends £200,000 on meeting
25-Oct-2001
Greene King has spent £200,000 on a conference to introduce former Old English Inns (OEI) managers to their new bosses.The all-day event in...
Greene King takes control of Old English Inns
27-Sep-2001
Greene King took control of the Old English Inns pub estate this week following its purchase earlier in the month.Neil Gillis, managing director of...
