Greene King

Greene King giving away free pints

30-May-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub company and brewer Greene King is giving away free pints for one day only, across more than 400 of its sites, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s royal coronation.

Greene King launches 9th Hive Pub after £320k investment

25-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King Pub Partners has transformed the Globe in Chelmsford, Essex into a Hive Pub following a £320,000 investment.

Greene King hiking prices by more than 4%

24-May-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Greene King Pub Partners is set to increase prices of beer and cider to its tenants in less than a month.

Pizzaiolo takes on Greene King Pub Partners site

11-May-2022 By Rebecca Weller

A renowned chef specialising in Italian cuisine has taken on his first pub in the UK following a £300,000 joint investment with Greene King Pub Partners.

Supply chain heroes celebrated at Pride of Greene King Awards

09-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Teams who went above and beyond to ensure pubs were well stocked and smoothly run during the unprecedented challenges of the past year were recognised at the annual Pride of Greene King awards last Wednesday (4 May).

Greene King seek new owner for haunted Scottish pub

04-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Suffolk-based pubco Greene King is offering a discounted rent to any operator brave enough to man the Osnaburg Bar in Forfar, Angus, which is fabled to be one of Scotland’s most haunted pubs.

Greene King Pub Partners launches new initiative

04-May-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King Pub Partners yesterday (Tuesday 3 May) launched a new initiative to aid its sites with getting involved in important causes.

37 clubs ‘transformed’ by Greene King’s Proud to Pitch In scheme

03-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has pledged to donate up to £500,000 in funding to support grassroots sports across the UK as part of its Proud to Pitch In funding scheme.

Greene King pledges to be net zero by 2040

25-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has pledged to become net zero by 2040, following steps taken by trade bodies to cut down the sector’s carbon footprint after the chief executive dubbed the climate crisis the “greatest challenge of our time.”

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Greene King launches eighth Hive Pubs site, and pubs reopen after revamps

19-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Amongst other news, Greene King Pub Partners has launched its eighth Hive Pubs site, with the Green Room in Leeds and the Royal Oak in Sussex set to open soon.

Greene King launches 8th Hive Pubs site after £340k investment

19-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King Pub Partners has launched its eighth Hive Pubs site, the Norfolk Terrier, after a £340,000 investment.

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Greene King and Roxy Leisure launch new sites and old pubs reopen doors

06-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

New sites have been launched by Greene King and Roxy Leisure, while England's oldest pub and a 500 year old venue have reopened their doors.

Greene King reveals new inclusion group

05-Apr-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Large operator Greene King this week (Monday 4 April) launched a new inclusion group to support its team members with disabilities, Ability, to mark the start of Autism Awareness Month.

Greene King launches seventh Hive Pubs site after £400k revamp

04-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King Pub Partners has launched its seventh Hive Pubs site, the Orb & Sceptre in South Wootton, Norfolk, following a £400,000 investment.

Greene King launches 'craft' beers celebrating British folklore

29-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King has announced the addition of four new offerings to its portfolio, as the operator looks to expand into the craft beer market this year.

Greene King Pub Partners Night of Excellence awards winners revealed

25-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Suffolk-based pubco Greene King has announced the winners of its Night of Excellence awards for its Pub Partners licensees.

Greene King helps 100 prison leavers find employment

17-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King’s award-winning social mobility scheme, Releasing Potential, has helped 100 prison leavers find employment since its launch in 2019.

Greene King to provide £5k to employees in need

15-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King will offer grants of up to £5,000 for employees in pressing financial need, in its Team Member Support Scheme launched this week.

Greene King launches campaign to reduce cask ale waste

10-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King has launched the ‘Magic Pints Initiative’, in partnership with wastage saving app Too Good To Go, in a bid to save thousands of surplus pints of cask ale from being wasted.

Greene King partners with TV chef for National Apprenticeships Week

07-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator Greene King has partnered with TV chef and presenter, Joe Hurd, to launch its new back of house academies for trainee chefs as part of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7 to 13 February 2022).

Greene King renames pub again over fears it could cause offence

04-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubco and brewer Greene King has renamed its Linlithgow pub for the second time, after community consultation.

Greene King manager raises £1,200 for Macmillan by sky diving

02-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

A Greene King business development manager has raised £1,200 for Macmillan Cancer Support after completing a 10,000ft skydive.

Greene King named most admired pub operator ahead of Fuller’s, Young’s and JDW

27-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator Greene King has been named the best pub operator in the Britain’s Most Admired Businesses awards 2021.

Greene King raising money for Macmillan through new recycling campaign

06-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King has partnered with specialist recycling businesses, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and dispose of typically hard-to-recycle plastic environmentally as part of its new campaign, Tub2Pub.

Hospitality sector awarded in New Year’s Honours List

05-Jan-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A number of people from the hospitality sector were recognised in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List including a Greene King managing director, chef Angela Maria Hartnett MBE and hotelier Robin Hutson.

Greene King reveals 30% rent concession for Scottish and Welsh tied pubs

24-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub company Greene King is introducing 30% rent concessions for tied tenants in Scotland and Wales from Boxing Day.

Greene King hit £2m fundraise target for Macmillan Cancer Support

24-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has raised more than £2m for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2021, making the company the charity’s top fundraising corporate partner this year.

Plan B: 'Restrictions put industry in a precarious position'

13-Dec-2021 By Georgi Gyton, MCA

The reintroduction of the work from home rule will have a significant impact on pubs, restaurants and food to go outlets based in the capital or city centres, The Morning Advertiser's sister title MCA has heard from sector leaders.

Greene King offers employees a bonus package worth £6m

09-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator and brewer Greene King has announced it will reward employees with a share of an incentive package worth more than £6m this Christmas.

Greene King renames Black Bitch pub due to ‘offensive and racist connotations’

03-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubco and brewer Greene King has announced plans to change the name of one of its pubs in Linlithgow, West Lothian as the name now carries offensive and racist connotations, the company said.

Greene King wins award for diversity and inclusion work

26-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator and brewery Greene King has won an award in recognition of its work to promote diversity and inclusion.

Greene King raises more than £10m for Macmillan

23-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator and brewer Greene King has beaten its fundraising target to raise more than £10m in under a decade for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Greene King publishes book of inspirational stories

05-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Pub and brewer Greene King has published a collection of stories from its people working through the Covid pandemic.

Running pub is like ‘putting on a show every day’ say Best Greene King Pub staff

03-Nov-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Running a pub is like “putting on a show every day”, where consistency is key and hard-won reputations are lost on a single visit, said senior staff at Surrey-based Greene King pub, the Rose and Crown.

autumn budget 2021

‘Devil will be in the detail’ of business rates changes

28-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The trade has reacted to the Budget announcement of hospitality businesses being set to receive a 50% discount on business rates bills for one year.

Greene King mentors its executives as part of anti-racism pledge

22-Oct-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King is championing diversity in its pubs through mentoring, following the company’s 2020 pledge to become truly anti-racist and inclusive with equal opportunities for all.

Greene King fulfils promise to combat modern day slavery

18-Oct-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King has partnered with the Slave-Free Alliance as part of Anti-Slavery Week 2021, which takes place from 18 to 24 October.

Greene King shows barrel-load of support for Macmillan nurses

12-Oct-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King customers have been invited to show their support for Macmillan Cancer workers by simply visiting their local.

Greene King's merger and acquisition history

05-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Morning Advertiser takes a look back along memory lane at Greene King’s merger and acquisition trail throughout its rich 200-year history.

GBPA Greene King Pub of the Year: The Rose and Crown

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

A Surrey-based pub was celebrating after being named the Greene King Pub of the Year fighting off competition from across the country.

Greene King wins top talent awards

20-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Greene King, the pub company and brewer, has won three top awards in the Tiara Talent awards that recognise outstanding commitment to people and apprenticeships.

Pubs ‘cannot continue’ amid self-isolation shortages

22-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Bosses have urged the Government to stop "dithering” and introduce a ‘test to release’ scheme to allow self-isolating workers to return to work quicker.

Calls for intervention build as ministers U-turn on dodging isolation

19-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Bosses have slammed current Covid rules after the Chancellor and the Prime Minister were forced to backtrack on avoiding self-isolation.

Pub bosses mull future of masks

08-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Pub bosses are considering whether or not to ask or require staff to wear face coverings beyond 19 July as 38% say they will ask staff to continue.

Jobs round-up

New hires at WSTA, Marston’s, Pernod Ricard and Mangrove UK

07-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

Alongside a host of new on-trade appointments, the latest jobs round-up includes recruitment news from Greene King, UKHospitality and Navitas safety.

Bosses celebrate 'possibility of profitable trading'

06-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Industry bosses have celebrated plans to remove all restrictions on the pub trade from Monday 19 July.

City Pub Group buys £1.1m London site, Greene King rebrands to 'Southgate's Revenge', 750k refit for Peaky Blinders pub

30-Jun-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

In addition to City Pub Group buying the freehold of a London site, Greene King has taken on the excitement of the Euros football tournament with a pub rebrand.

Pub bosses mourn lost summer

15-Jun-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Pub bosses have warned they are in a “highly precarious position” with payments approaching despite continued trading restrictions.

Opinion – Pride 2021

‘The role of LGBTQ venues within the community is more important than ever’

11-Jun-2021 By Scott Frankham, head of media at Greene King

I first paid a visit to an LGBTQ pub when I was 18 – I’d just moved to Birmingham to start university and I was introduced to the Village Inn, a central hub of Birmingham’s gay quarter.

Delivery driver shortage now at ‘catastrophic proportions’

11-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

A national lack of HGV drivers due to the coronavirus pandemic is now being hit further by the reopening of shops and the hospitality sector, causing concerns about costs.