Greene King in costs battle
23-Nov-2006 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Greene King is taking four residents to the High Court to retrieve costs in a bid to protect community pubs across the country. The Suffolk brewer...
Greene King fighting magistrate's costs order
22-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Thousands of UK pubs could be shuttered for good if a local magistrate's decision to strike out an award for licensing appeal costs sets a trend for...
20-Nov-2006
Admiral Taverns has announced it is to buy 155 pubs from Greene King £56.525 million. The pubs include 140 tenanted and leased pubs and 15 managed...
17-Nov-2006
Greene King says it is seeing a huge interest from people wanting to take on one of its pubs. It seems the ever-increasing red tape and the threat of...
Spirit spends £5½m on 23 London sites
26-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
Spirit Group, the managed arm of Punch Taverns, is spending around £5.5m on refurbishing 23 flagship central London sites. The refurbishments aim...
Greene King to close Hardys & Hansons' brewery
03-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
As widely anticipated, Greene King has announced that Hardys & Hansons' (H&H) Kimberley brewery is to close at the end of the year.Following...
01-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Greene King is making its pubs the stars of a major new sponsorship deal involving Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. The £1 million...
10-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Greene King executive directors shared a bonus pool of £1.026m in the 2005/2006 financial year, according to the company's annual report. The pool...
13-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
It's startling to note that Greene King is poised to become the UK's second largest operator of managed pubs, reflecting the volatility of pub...
Leffe builds on quality image
12-Jul-2006
InBev has launched a new advertising campaign to support Leffe, its increasingly popular speciality beer brand.The campaign, which will run for 10...
Strong perfomance drives record growth at Greene King
04-Jul-2006
Stronger trading across all its divisions has driven full-year growth at Greene King.Reporting results for the year to the end of April, the Suffolk...
Greene King remains tight-lipped over plans for Hardys & Hansons' brewery
23-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Greene King says that until it gains full control of Hardys & Hansons (H&H) it would be "inappropriate" to discuss its plans for the...
20-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Former Spirit Group chief executive Karen Jones has celebrated the award of a CBE with a return to the pub industry has bought the lease on five former Sprit gastro pubs in London.
Greene King moves into W&DB territory with Hardys purchase
15-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Greene King has agreed to buy Nottingham-based brewer Hardys & Hansons (H&H) for £270m.The deal brings the number of pubs Greene King owns...
15-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Greene King has unveiled an agreed offer to buy Hardys and Hansons for £271m. The Suffolk-based brewer will pay shareholders £10.59 a share -...
02-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Greene King has reported 'positive' trading across all four of its businesses. It said its debt refinancing had improved flexibility and lowered...
13-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Managed operator Spirit Group has been slated by environmental health officers for a catalogue of health and safety breaches - including decomposing rodents.
Shake up in the Spirit world
26-Jan-2006
The next two years will see the biggest en masse transfer of managed pubs into tenanted and leased houses in 10 years. Swathes of existing Spirit...
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...
Spirited future?
17-Nov-2005
After announcing their latest results, it's clear that Punch Taverns is thriving, but does it also have something else up its sleeve? Hamish Champ...
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...
All options open at Spirit, says Jones
27-Oct-2005
Spirit Group chief executive Karen Jones has insisted all options, including an IPO, remain open following strong fourth-quarter trading. Speculation...
Spirit sale options remain open, says Karen Jones
19-Oct-2005
Despite growing speculation surrounding the future of Spirit, chief executive Karen Jones maintained last week that all options - including an IPO or...
Disability group prepares court action against Spirit
06-Oct-2005
Spirit Group is facing legal proceedings over the lack of accessibility at one of its pubs.In one of the first cases to target the pub industry under...
Alchemy plans £8m spend on Spirit sites
22-Sep-2005
by The PMA Team Private equity company Alchemy plans to invest £8m in the 178 pubs and bars it acquired from Spirit Group this week. Alchemy, which...
Smoke-free trials sink Spirit's sales
15-Sep-2005
by Ewan Turney Managed operator Spirit has offered the Government access to records of its smoke-free trials at food-led pubs, which show a ban would...
Spirit Group shareholder denies rift with management
05-Sep-2005
One of Spirit Group's main venture capital backers has moved to play down reports that the managed pub business is at odds with investors over is...
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...
Grass isn't always greener
28-Jul-2005
The PMA Team, Deputy Editor Who could be blamed for casting an envious eye at the guy running the managed pub down the road? The grass can often seem...
Embracing the spirit of speciality at De Hems bar in London
21-Jul-2005
Matt Nicholas, manager of Mitchells & Butlers' successful Dutch-themed outlet in Soho, reveals the secrets behind offering a wide range of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Urbium buys Covent Garden bars from Spirit
17-Jun-2005
Late night operator Urbium has agreed to buy two high profile central London venues from Spirit Group.The outlets, both in the destination Covent...
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...
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...
The licensees letter to Greene King
26-May-2005
Dear EditorWe have been instructed by a group of about 100 Greene King tenants and lessees regarding the pricing activities of their landlord, Greene...
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'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...
Spirit still on course for float
08-May-2005
A stock market float is still on the agenda for Spirit Group despite City concerns that growth has stalled in the business.The combination of a...
Cut in profits dampens Spirit Group's IPO plan
21-Apr-2005
by The PMA Team Fresh doubt surrounds the float prospects of Spirit Group, the UK's largest managed operator, after profit margin dropped. One City...
Greene King grows Wayside
21-Apr-2005
Greene King is to convert 20 of its pubs to Wayside Inns in the next two years. Since the company bought the 43 Wayside sites from Laurel last...
Spirit merges divisions as Richards is poached
10-Mar-2005
by The PMA Team Managed operator Spirit Group is to reduce its operating divisions after Steve Richards, managing director of City Spirit, was...
Spirit to grow Two For One and Chef & Brewer brands
10-Mar-2005
Spirit is to open 50 Two For One and 10 Chef& Brewer pubs this year. The outlets will mainly be converted from sites bought in the Scottish &...
