Greene King

The Black Bitch pub to be renamed

15-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Plans to rename the ‘offensively named’ Black Bitch pub in West Lothian, Scotland, are set to go ahead despite backlash from locals.

Greene King licensees celebrate 40th anniversary

01-Nov-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King Pub Partners has brewed an anniversary beer to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of its Suffolk based partners.

Greene King offers free food to over-66s

17-Oct-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King is launching a competition which will allow some people aged 66 and over to bag free food and drink during the 2022 World Cup.

Hickory’s acquired by Greene King

11-Oct-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

North west-based business Hickory’s has been acquired by Greene King for an undisclosed sum.

Greene King opens 'milestone' Hive pub site

11-Oct-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has launched its 20th Hive Pubs Site following a £450,000 investment.

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Meet the winner: Greene King Pub of the Year – the Greene Oak, Windsor, Berkshire

10-Oct-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

In the affluent town of Windsor, you’ve got to do something special to be able to stand out from a competitive crowd of operators, and the Greene Oak is certainly something special.

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Meet the finalists for Greene King Pub of the Year

27-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

With the Great British Pub Awards just days away from announcing and celebrating some of the best bars in the business, we take a look at some of the finalist that are in the running to take home some silver. Today it’s the turn of the bars that are competing...

Pubs plan for Queen’s funeral

16-Sep-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Many pubs have opted to stay open next Monday (19 September), the day of the Queen’s funeral, to “celebrate” and “honour” her life and service.

Greene King launches new maternity leave policy

07-Sep-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has launched its new maternity leave policy as part of its journey to everyday inclusion.

Greene King raises more than £8,000 for Macmillan

30-Aug-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King Pub Partners has announced it has raised more than £8,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

1 in 5 graduates prefer apprenticeships

19-Aug-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Operator and brewer Greene King has announced its plans to take on 5,000 new apprentices by 2025 as one in five Brits (20%) stated they would consider an apprenticeship over A-levels given the chance again, according to research conducted by the pub company.

Multiple operator takes third site in 12 months with GK

17-Aug-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Food-led pub group Black Diamond Pub Company has added its third site with Greene King Pub Partners.

Former BII award-winner to leave pub

08-Aug-2022 By Rebecca Weller

A former British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) licensee of the year award winner has confirmed the closure of Birmingham pub.

Greene King offers free pints for Women’s Euros

13-Jul-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King is offering a free pint to people watching the Women’s Euros who have the same surname an England Team player.

GK Pub Partners looks to double franchise estate

07-Jul-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Greene King Pub Partners is planning to reach 30 sites this year, with its franchised offer Hive Pubs.

Pub tournament brings back the Carling Cup

16-Jun-2022 By Ed Bedington

An inter-pub football tournament has helped to raise more than £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support thanks to Greene King Pub Partners and Carling.

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Greene King announces tenth Hive pub, Robinsons Brewery invests in 3 sites, Mayfair & Mersea Island venues open

15-Jun-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has launched its tenth Hive pub as Robinsons Brewery invests in three sites, while venues open or prepare for launch in Mersea Island, Mayfair, Birmingham and Harrogate.

Greene King announces 'milestone' tenth Hive pub

14-Jun-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King pub partners has announced the launch of its “milestone” tenth Hive pub following a £100,000 investment.

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.