Greene King
Coverage focuses on the strategy, trading performance, and estate developments of one of the UK’s largest pub and brewing groups, encompassing brands such as Chef & Brewer, Hungry Horse, Farmhouse Inns, and Greene King Local Pubs. Reporting includes activity across managed, leased, and tenanted models; investment in community-led sites; menu innovation; apprenticeship programmes; and sustainability goals. Insight is geared toward operators and suppliers monitoring large-scale hospitality models, branded value offers, and regional pub market dynamics.
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Oct- 2020 -7 OctoberCoronavirus
Gov delays curfew vote amid backbench rebellion
The Government has been forced to delay the parliamentary vote on the 10pm curfew placed on hospitality businesses after facing growing backbench opposition. The vote, which was originally set to take place in the House of Commons tonight at pm (7 October), has now been moved to sometime next week.…
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6 OctoberCoronavirus
Tory rebels to vote to end 10pm curfew
The Government’s 10pm curfew on hospitality business may soon come to an end after reports that Tory rebels believe they can muster enough votes to overturn the Government majority. According to The Telegraph, Tory backbenchers believe they can muster up the required 43 votes to overturn the Government’s majority of…
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5 OctoberCoronavirus
G-A-Y launches legal action against 10pm bar curfew
The owner of G-A-Y nightclub has officially launched legal action against the government’s hospitality curfew. According to Sky News, boss of the venue, Jeremy Joseph is seeking a judicial review to end the recently imposed law which forces bars and late night venues to close at 10pm. The restrictions were…
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2 OctoberBreweries and Distilleries
Greene King partners with International Slavery Museum
Greene King has partnered with the International Slavery Museum in an effort to ‘‘raise awareness and educate’’ about the slave trade. The collaboration will see the pub company’s employees get the opportunity to take part in online workshops teaching them about the subject. The museum will also work alongside the…
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Aug- 2020 -27 AugustBreweries and Distilleries
Greene King partners with Prince’s Trust to create 1,000 new jobs
Greene King is ‘‘strengthening its partnership’’ with The Prince’s Trust, with a new five-year agreement to create 1,000 job opportunities for young and BAME people. The pub company and brewery has worked alongside the charity for the past four years, supporting 440 young people across the country in getting job…
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26 AugustPubs and Bars
Greene King announces rent concessions for tied tenants
Greene King Pub Partners has announced a further £6m of financial support for its leased and tenanted partners, as they work to rebuild their businesses following the Covid-19 closure. The current rent concessions from Greene King Pub Partners are due to come to an end eight weeks after reopening. The…
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20 AugustPubs and Bars
Greene King swings to loss in full-year results
Greene King has swung to a pre-tax loss of £273m in the full-year ended 26 April, down from a profit of £172.8m reported in 2019. It comes after exceptional and non-underlying costs hit £380.6m in the period, up from £74.1m the year before. In the same period, revenue fell by…
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Jun- 2020 -18 JuneBeverages
Greene King CEO apologises for brand’s ‘inexcusable’ slavery links
Pub operator Greene King has said that the brand’s historical association with 19th Century slavery was “inexcusable”. The group’s apology follows revelations that one of the operator’s founders profited from 19th Century slavery, and argued against its abolition. According to The Telegraph, founder Benjamin Greene was one of the 47,000…
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18 JuneBeverages
Greene King unveils plans for reopening amid pandemic
Greene King has unveiled details of how its pubs will look and operate ahead of re-opening, including ‘Pub Safe’, a new set of five promises to its team and customers. All Greene King’s 1,700 managed pubs will follow a new set of Pub Safe promises, designed to look after team…
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12 JuneBreweries and Distilleries
Greene King Pub Partners reaches £15m of financial support for tenants amid pandemic
Greene King Pub Partners has written to all its leased and tenanted partners confirming the additional support it will provide them as pubs look to adapt to reopening post lockdown. The pub group revealed that since pubs closed for the Covid-19 lockdown, it has provided approximately £11m in rent concessions…
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