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RedCat grows accommodation offer with latest acquisition

07-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand’s pub investment vehicle RedCat Pub Company has acquired the Crown Hotel in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, taking its portfolio to approximately 100 sites.

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Darran Lingley: ‘The industry is going to have the biggest storm it has ever had’

04-Oct-2021 By Michelle Perrett

The industry is going to face the biggest storm it has ever had, former BII licensee of the year Darran Lingley has warned.

RedCat acquires The Coaching Inn Group

13-Aug-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand’s investment vehicle RedCat Pub Company is set to acquire The Coaching Inn Group for a rumoured £50m.

RedCat’s 42 pub package from Stonegate ‘first step to differentiated pub company’

31-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The confirmation of investment vehicle RedCat’s acquisition of 42 pubs from Stonegate Pub Company for an undisclosed sum gets Rooney Anand’s venture off to 'an excellent start', he said.

Former NWTC boss appointed at RedCat Pub Company

10-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

New World Trading Company (NWTC) former chief executive Chris Hill is set to become CEO at Rooney Anand’s new venture RedCat Pub Company.

US firm behind Rooney Anand’s pub investment

05-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand’s pub investment firm has been backed by an American financing business, according to reports.

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Greene King's Rooney Anand: "People running their own pub businesses have to be pretty hard-nosed"

10-Dec-2015 By Ed Bedington

Greene King might be off the beaten track in the sleepy Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds, but that has not stopped it from making waves throughout the wider UK market.

Greene King chief Rooney Anand claims minimum pricing is not a 'dead issue'

19-Sep-2013 By Roger Protz

The chief executive of Greene King has claimed minimum pricing is not a “dead issue" in an exclusive interview with the Publican's Morning Advertiser. 

Hungry Horse brand 'could grow to 500 sites'

28-Jun-2013 By Mark Wingett

Hungry Horse, Greene King’s value pub restaurant brand, could eventually grow to 500 sites in the UK, after proving its flexibility across a number of different trading locations.

Rooney Anand: minimum pricing will help halt slow death of the pub

31-Oct-2011 By Ewan Turney

A minimum price on alcohol could help reverse the slow death of the pub — so says Greene King boss Rooney Anand who has welcomed plans to combat cheap supermarket alcohol in Scotland.

Greene King eyes 70 more Hungry Horses

01-Apr-2011 By The PMA Team

Hungry Horse, the Greene King value brand, is set to increase by another 70 or so sites, according to chief executive Rooney Anand. The brand has...

Greene King boss calls for government review on booze pricing

24-May-2010

Greene King's chief executive has weighed into the debate over alcohol pricing, calling for a government review. Rooney Anand has called on David...

Anand confirms Greene King's BBPA exit

01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ

Suffolk brewer Greene King has no plans to reverse its decision to leave the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the brewer's chief executive...

Greene King: Fit for the future?

12-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

A passing remark from Greene King chairman Tim Bridge in the brewer's results announcement - that the Suffolk brewer had made no acquisitions during...

Greene King "now stronger than before recession", claims CEO

02-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

Greene King is in a stronger position now than it was before the start of the economic downturn, according to the Suffolk brewer's chief executive...

Greene King's Anand launches attack on duty hike

02-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ

Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has warned that 2009 would be "even tougher" than the current calendar year, but declined to outline his...

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29-May-2008

Why they are on the list: Anand and Findlay run the UK's two "super regionals" — substantial companies that operate breweries, managed companies...

Greene King cautious but confident

04-Dec-2007 By Hamish Champ

Acquisitions and strong organic growth helped push Greene King's half year turnover up six per cent to £445m and operating profits 11 per cent...

Two thirds of Greene King customers give smoke-free pubs the thumbs up

03-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ

Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand participated in polling the brewer's pub-going customers last Sunday to hear their views on the smoking...

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...

Greene King set to axe Ridley's IPA?

14-Jul-2005

Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has hinted that the company could discontinue with Ridley's IPA after it bought the Essex brewer last week....

Pouring the perfect pint

30-Oct-2003

It's the little things that matter, say Greene King's Rooney Anand and Steve Magnall To pour the best, you must have the best to pour and back this...

Beer to be the key ingredient, say experts

18-Sep-2003

Serving beer to be drunk with food will be the norm in 20 years time, according to experts.Speaking in a panel discussion at Brewing Up An Appetite,...

Putting beer at centre table

21-Nov-2002

Brewers need the confidence to put beer on the dining table". These sensible words werespoken last week by food writer Claire Ferguson, who is more...

Growing concerns

05-Jun-2002

Rooney Anand of Greene King speaks out over the future of real ale.A blindfolded brunette writhes ecstatically on a bed, her hands and feet tied to...