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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Feb- 2021 -1 FebruaryBreweries and Distilleries
US equity firm eyes Marston’s takeover
Marston’s, the brewery, pub and hotel operator, is reportedly subject to a takeover approach from the US-based private equity investment firm, Platinum Equity. According to Bloomberg, Marston’s revealed on Friday 29 February that Platinum put forward an unsolicited, non-binding proposal of a possible cash bid to the group. The company’s…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryTrade Associations
Programme launched to support diverse hospitality leaders
WiHTL, the organisation dedicated to improving diversity in the hospitality sector, has launched the ‘Ethnic Minority Future Leaders (EMFL) in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure (HTL) Programme’. In partnership with McDonalds, the EMFL programme is designed to support high potential ethnic minority future leaders with their progression into more senior roles…
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25 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Pub veterans join chase for M&A investment
Mark McQuarter and Mark Crowther are the latest in a succession of pub sector veterans seeking backing for pub deals, as reported by the Times. The former boss of Barracuda Pub Company and Revolution Bars, McQuarter has now been named as chairman of London pub operator, Portobello Brewery. He confirmed…
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21 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Anand raises £200m for pub sector spending spree
Rooney Anand, the former chief executive at Greene King, has raised £200m to invest in the UK’s faltering pubs sector, Sky News has revealed. The investment is likely to come in a series of acquisitions in the coming months, in a bet on an industry-wide post-pandemic recovery. While sources told…
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19 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Greene King to launch Covid-19 emergency funds for staff
Greene King has announced it will be launching its second Covid-19 emergency support fund to help its team members during the third lockdown. The new Team Member Support Fund follows the first fund which ran from March to June last year, in which the pub group donated £650,000 in grants…
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18 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Greene King to rename pubs over racism links
Greene King has announced it will rename four pubs in its estate whose names have racist connotations, and will shortly be holding community votes on new names. The pub company and brewer will rename three pubs currently called The Black Boy, in Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury and Shinfield, as well…
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15 JanuaryCoronavirus
Over 800 chain restaurants closed indefinitely due to Covid
Over 800 chain restaurants, cafes and pubs have closed indefinitely due to Covid-19, according to research carried out by the Evening Standard. The pandemic has greatly affected the wider hospitality sector, with operators having to regularly close over long periods of time due to tougher lockdown restrictions and social distancing…
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13 JanuaryCoronavirus
Greene King extends 90% rent concessions
Greene King has announced it will be continuing its rent support for tenants during the latest lockdown, with tied tenants receiving 90% rent concessions. Following the government’s announcement of grants of up to £9,000 for individual hospitality businesses, the pub and hotel group wrote to all of its 1,000 tenants…
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Oct- 2020 -16 OctoberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon reports first loss since 1984
JD Wetherspoon has reported a £105.4m pre-tax loss in the year to 26 July as sales fell due to Covid-19 restrictions, the company’s first loss since 1984. The pub chain said revenues plunged by 30.6% to £1.26bn as its pubs were adversely impacted by lockdown. The pre-tax loss includes £60m…
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8 OctoberNews
Greene King to axe 25 sites
Greene King will close 25 of sites on a permanent basis as a result of the government’s hospitality curfew, which prohibits bars and restaurants to serve customers past 10pm. According to Sky News, the pup operator is in redundancy talks with 800 of its employees after the group faced a…
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