Become a true match maker
26-Jan-2006 By Jo de Mille
Daffodils, fresh mornings and April showers - and for some pubs, the dreaded tax return deadline - all come to mind when you think of spring. But...
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...
Greene King defends trilby ban
13-Jan-2006
Greene King has defended its position after forcing a 64-year-old pub-goer to either remove his hat or face eviction from one of its pubs.Furious...
Wayside menu shake-up
08-Dec-2005
by Jo Bruce A new menu has been rolled out across Wayside Inns as part of a major catering shake-up. The changes are the most significant to be made...
08-Dec-2005
For once, The interests of pubco and licensee may be completely coterminous here. Many licensees will be cynical about the trend among pubcos to...
Greene King joins The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign
17-Nov-2005
Greene King is linking up with The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign in a big way with the launch of its search to find Britain's perfect pub.Pub...
Growing business with Greene King
10-Nov-2005
Greene King launched an initiative to help its tenants grow their businesses six months back. Ewan Turney reports on how it's going. Growing your...
City round up: What the analysts say
03-Nov-2005
What analysts have been saying this week...James Ainley of DrKW says Greene King has been "unfairly de-rated" following the Belhaven deal over...
GK's rebel tenants step up bid for fairer prices
27-Oct-2005 By Ewan Turney
Every tenant in the Greene King Pub Partners estate should today be receiving a letter from rebel group leader Meeko Oates urging them to sign up to...
Rebel GK tenants seek
01-Sep-2005
funds for beer-tie fight by Tony Halstead Rebel Greene King tenants are appealing for cash donations to keep alive their legal challenge to the...
Nuns and pub in hours compromise
01-Sep-2005
A group of nuns has reached an uneasy compromise with Greene King over new opening hours for an Oxford pub. The nuns from the John Henry Newman...
Takeover kings dive into a small pond
01-Sep-2005
It's been argued in real ale circles that the aggressive takeover policies pursued by Greene King and Wolverhampton & Dudley should not be...
Greene King fined for Isle of Wight pollution
26-Aug-2005
Greene King has been ordered to pay almost £11,000 after one of its pubs polluted an environmentally sensitive river with dangerous levels of...
Greene King agrees £187m Belhaven deal
22-Aug-2005
Greene King has continued its expansion drive with a £187m deal to take over Scottish brewer Belhaven.The Belhaven board is recommending Greene...
Greene King directors earn £1.4m in bonuses
11-Aug-2005
by The PMA Team Greene King directors earned record bonuses of £1.4m in the wake of its £654m acquisition of Laurel Pub Company, according to the...
Greene King shrugs off GBBF criticism
04-Aug-2005
Greene King has shrugged off criticism it received at the Great British Beer Festival following its decision to close the Ridley's brewery.At the...
Sue Thomas-Taylor
28-Jul-2005
Greene King In the past few months Greene King IPA has overtaken Tetley's bitter to be the UK's best-selling standard cask ale, another triumph for...
E-mail ban for Greene King's SDMs
21-Jul-2005
Greene King's sales development managers (SDMs) have been banned from using e-mail for six months. The move is to eliminate time wasted dealing with...
Petition to save Ridley's swells
21-Jul-2005
More than 2,500 people have signed an online petition calling for Greene King to reconsider its decision to close the Ridley's brewery, within five...
Result!
14-Jul-2005
Greene King's latest results have kept it on top, as Hamish Champ reports.So, another good set of results for Greene King. Overall turnover up 33 per...
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...
GK tenants' case faces collapse as cash runs out
14-Jul-2005
A group of Greene King licensees who are challenging the brewer over beer pricing may see their legal case collapse due to dwindling cash.The 100...
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...
CAMRA rounds on Greene King's Ridley's deal
07-Jul-2005
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has launched a scathing attack on Greene King's acquisition of Essex brewer Ridley's, and has demanded the...
Laurel purchase boosts Greene King results
06-Jul-2005
Greene King's £654m acquisition of Laurel's Neighbourhood Pub business helped ramp up the pubco/brewer's financial performance last year.The company...
Greene King snaps up Ridley's in £45.6m deal
04-Jul-2005
Greene King has bought Essex brewer TD Ridley in a £45.6m deal, ending more than 160 years of family ownership.The deal has been rumoured for some...
Just six GK tenants take up Elliott's offer to talk
23-Jun-2005
by Ewan Turney Only six Greene King tenants have taken up an invitation from Pub Partners boss David Elliott to talk to him directly about their...
GK threatens rebel host with injunction
09-Jun-2005
One of the leaders of the Greene King rebel tenants group has been threatened with legal action in a bid to prevent him circulating information about...
GK licence bids dogged by setbacks'
02-Jun-2005
by John Harrington Greene King has taken a swipe at the "lack of consistency" from Government and councils and the huge costs of licensing reform,...
GK case will not affect property market, predicts agent
02-Jun-2005
The case between Greene King and 100 of its tenants over the beer-tie is unlikely to have any effect on the sector, says a leading property...
Tenants lash out at Greene King purchasing power
26-May-2005
Lawyers representing 100 tenants in a case against Greene King have refuted claims put forward in a letter by Pub Partners managing director David...
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...
Greene King appoints Adams as MD
26-May-2005
Greene King has named Justin Adams as the new managing director of its brewing division. Adams, 39, right, is currently managing director of Maxxium,...
Greene King comes out fighting over beer prices row
23-May-2005
Greene King has defended itself against accusations from tenants that it is breaking competition law over its beer prices. Pub Partners managing...
Greene King's letter to tenants in full
23-May-2005
The full text of Greene King managing director David Elliott's letter to tenants.Dear Tenant/LesseeMany of you will have seen the headlines in the...
Tenants and lessees of regional brewers across the country w
19-May-2005
However, cheering's one thing; banking on the 90-odd Greene King licensees having any luck with their legal challenge on this pricing disparity is...
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...
Greene King faces action over beer prices
12-May-2005
Up to 90 Greene King tenants are taking action against the brewer over anti-competitive beer prices.Lessees in the Oxford and Wantage area have...
Why super-regionals must stay home
28-Apr-2005
Is the British brewing industry on the verge of yet another major upheaval? Wolverhampton & Dudley has bid £46m for Jennings in Cumbria. The...
Drink Talking: Andy Brooks
14-Apr-2005
Andy Brooks of the Laughing Fish, Isfield, East Sussex feels the need to defend an accused ale - Greene King's IPA.Greene King IPA is often seen as a...
Beer quality: Fit for a king
05-Apr-2005
Greene King continues to grow ever stronger. Adam Withrington visited the brewery to investigate how it maintains the quality of its beer.August 3...
Just can't get enough
24-Mar-2005
The Morning Advertiser's Beer With Food campaign reached its climax last week and its success has left the trade hungry for more. TONY HALSTEAD...
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...
Entire GK estate to joinPubwatch by year-end
24-Feb-2005
by John Harrington Greene King has vowed to get every one of its entire 600-strong estate into a Pubwatch scheme by the end of the year. The...
GK's managed estate is split into five divisions
20-Jan-2005
by The PMA Team Greene King has re-organised its managed outlets into five divisions following the acquisition of 432 Laurel neighbourhood pubs last...
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 managed hosts in Pubwatch push
09-Dec-2004
by John Harrington Greene King has started a drive to get its managed pubs involved in their local Pubwatch after a survey carried out by them...
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...
