Greene King splits managed pub business
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Jonathan Webster, former boss of Hardys & Hansons, is to assume a managing director role in one of Greene King's new managed pub businesses.In a...
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...
15-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney
Greene King (GK) Pub Partners plans to roll out cheque-cashing facilities to 50 pubs within six months.
Greene King out to attract 'pub virgins'
15-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A new kit has been released to help Greene King pubs plan for the smoking ban - and tell their customers and "pub virgins" about the changes....
GK takes chequecashing to 50 pubs
15-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Greene King (GK) Pub Partners plans to roll out cheque-cashing facilities to 50 pubs within six months. The pubco is the first to sign a deal with...
Greene King tenants join online revolution
14-Mar-2007
Greene King tenants are to be given the option to make liquid orders entirely online in what the pubco believes is a first in the industry.It follows...
13-Mar-2007
The stereotypical pub regular will undergo a transformation after the smoking ban, according to research.
Greene King launches smoking support for pubs
13-Mar-2007
Greene King has launched a marketing support package to help its pubs grab hold of the opportunities following the smoking ban on July 1. The...
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...
Everyone's a winner
21-Dec-2006
The 2006 Business Awards: The PMA Team dishes out some alternative pub sector gongs Deal of the Year Although announced at the end of 2005, Punch did...
Host claims FAPL targets small pubs
07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
A Portsmouth host who was warned-off using foreign satellite systems to screen football has hit out because neighbouring Greene King- managed pubs...
07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Portsmouth host warned-off using foreign satellite systems hits out because neighbouring Greene King managed pubs are still using them
Record figures at Greene King despite Scottish smoking slip
07-Dec-2006
Belhaven's like-for-like sales slip in its 300-odd pubs was the only blot on another sparkling set of "record results" from Greene King this week....
Jonathan Webster set to leave Hardys & Hansons
06-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Jonathan Webster expects to leave his role as managing director of Hardys & Hansons at the end of next month, once the Nottinghamshire brewer has...
Greene King sees 16 per cent hike in first half sales
05-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Contributions from Belhaven and to a lesser extent Hardys & Hansons helped Greene King's first half results, the Suffolk brewer revealed...
A right Royal Variety Performance
01-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Until relatively recently, pub companies were seen as safe, reliable and ever-so-slightly dull investments. Aside from steady, cash-generative...
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...
Greene King fighting magistrate's costs order
22-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Thousands of UK pubs could be shuttered for good if a local magistrate's decision to strike out an award for licensing appeal costs sets a trend for...
20-Nov-2006
Admiral Taverns has announced it is to buy 155 pubs from Greene King £56.525 million. The pubs include 140 tenanted and leased pubs and 15 managed...
17-Nov-2006
Greene King says it is seeing a huge interest from people wanting to take on one of its pubs. It seems the ever-increasing red tape and the threat of...
A local with deep roots
09-Nov-2006
Yvonne Cleminson talks to Ewan Turney about the highs and lows of running the Cherry Tree, a community pub in Rowledge, Surrey How I got here I have...
06-Nov-2006
Drinkers from a Sussex pub turned up the heat on Greene King this weekend in a row over their favourite ale. As previously reported, drinkers at the...
Anand's challenge: lets champion beer
02-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has called for brewers and real ale campaigners to "join forces" to champion British beer. Rooney was...
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...
26-Oct-2006
Greene King IPA has become the official beer of English rugby in the brewer's second major sponsorship deal of the autumn. The brewer has already...
18-Oct-2006
Greene King has signed to sponsor the England rugby team in its biggest ever deal. In a multi-million pound investment over four years, Greene King...
Please save Kimberley, m'duck - Roger Protz
12-Oct-2006 By Roger Protz
A couple of weeks ago I had time to spare in Derby while waiting for a train and went into a pub near the station for a beer. The landlord was a man...
06-Oct-2006
Drinkers at a Sussex pub have launched a petition to stop owners Greene King replacing their favourite ale with one of its own. Greene King plans to...
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
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has condemned Greene King's planned closure of the that Hardys & Hansons brewery in Nottinghamshire.
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...
Why it's time to pledge your pride
14-Sep-2006
Pubs. We love them. You love them. And we hope that a lot of your customers are rather fond of them too. An army of licensees, from Guernsey in the...
01-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Greene King is making its pubs the stars of a major new sponsorship deal involving Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. The £1 million...
Choosing the Champion Beer
24-Jul-2006
It is the revered highlight of the Great British Beer Festival (GGBF), but the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) is dogged by as many conspiracy...
13-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
It's startling to note that Greene King is poised to become the UK's second largest operator of managed pubs, reflecting the volatility of pub...
Adams' new eve for ales - Feature
06-Jul-2006 By Rosie Davenport
Greene King Brewing's MD is on a mission to turn around the fortunes of ale. In his first interview since stepping into the top job last September, Justin Adams shares his vision with Rosie Davenport
06-Jul-2006
Suffolk brewer Greene King has become the first company to indicate the smoke ban honeymoon in Scotland may be over. Several companies, including...
Strong perfomance drives record growth at Greene King
04-Jul-2006
Stronger trading across all its divisions has driven full-year growth at Greene King.Reporting results for the year to the end of April, the Suffolk...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
26-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
"A disaster." The assessment, put to me by the chief executive of a regional family brewer last week, of the agreed takeover of Hardys & Hansons...
Greene King remains tight-lipped over plans for Hardys & Hansons' brewery
23-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Greene King says that until it gains full control of Hardys & Hansons (H&H) it would be "inappropriate" to discuss its plans for the...
22-Jun-2006
A City analyst has claimed a slew of family brewers are possible takeover targets in the wake of Greene King's acquisition of east midlands firm...
22-Jun-2006 By Roger Protz
Jonathan Webster, the managing director of Hardys & Hansons in Nottingham, says: "ale lovers will get a better deal" from his company's takeover,...
15-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Greene King has unveiled an agreed offer to buy Hardys and Hansons for £271m. The Suffolk-based brewer will pay shareholders £10.59 a share -...
Greene King moves into W&DB territory with Hardys purchase
15-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Greene King has agreed to buy Nottingham-based brewer Hardys & Hansons (H&H) for £270m.The deal brings the number of pubs Greene King owns...
02-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Greene King has reported 'positive' trading across all four of its businesses. It said its debt refinancing had improved flexibility and lowered...
The perfect match
01-May-2006
The Beer With Food Week extravaganza persuaded some foodies that beer is set to reclaim its position at the head of the table Last month more than...
What the Sunday papers said
30-Apr-2006
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries and Greene King are among those looking to buy sites from Whitbread's Beefeater and Brewer's Fayre chains, which...
Quality first
13-Feb-2006
Perfecting a pint of cask beer is of the utmost importance. The Publican and Greene King have teamed up to explain why.If licensees should aspire to...