Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has raised over £55,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The trade event and evening, hosted at The DoubleTree by Hilton in Swindon, Wiltshire, was attended by over 190 people, including Greene King Pub Partners tenants and lessees from across the South-West along with suppliers including Heineken, Pernod Ricard and Worldpay amongst others.
The funds were raised at a Summertime Ball organised by members of the Pub Partners operations team.
Guests on the evening were served a three-course meal and enjoyed a DJ, live band, a fundraising auction and also a grand raffle.
Furthermore, the occasion was also marked as licensees Don and Marion Healy of The Healy Group were presented a gift by Pub Partners Managing Director Dan Robinson in recognition of their longstanding and successful partnership with Greene King Pub Partners.
The couple, who opened their first pub in partnership with Greene King in 2011, The Man on The Moon in Bristol, were gifted the original sign from the pub.
All the funds raised from the event will be used to help Macmillan Cancer Support, which Greene King is a corporate partner of.
In the afternoon a trade show for partners was hosted by the South-West Pub Partners team, providing advice and support for pub operators.
Representatives from the sector at the trade showcase included Pieminister pies, who offered free tasters of their new Handy Pies, along with other suppliers including Brakes, BeerTech and Evyve.
Mike O’ Connor, Operations Director for Greene King Pub Partners, said:
“A big thank you and well-done to our Partners and team in the South-West who have done an incredible job raising over £55,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through this event.
“Thank you as well to all our supporting suppliers whom without this event would not be possible. As well as having a great night of celebration for our Partners and raising funds for Macmillan, the trade show alongside the dinner I know helped several of our Partners to grow and develop their businesses.”
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Press Contact: Nick Lawrie Email: NickLawrie@greeneking.co.uk Tel: 07812 256245
About Greene King:
Greene King is the country’s leading pub company and brewer with c.2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland.
At Greene King we are passionate about delivering our purpose to ‘pour happiness into lives’. That’s for our customers, our team, our pub partners, our suppliers and the communities in which we live, operate and serve. Founded in 1799 with offices in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and Burton on Trent in Staffordshire we employ around 39,000 people across the group with four divisions: Greene King pubs, Destination Brands, Partnership and Ventures, and Brewing & Brands.
- Greene King pubs are located where people and communities come together; pubs enjoyed in cities, towns and villages throughout the country
- Destination Brands is a mixture of food and drink-led brands including Hungry Horse, Farmhouse Inns, Chef & Brewer, Wacky Warehouse, and Pub & Carvery, Pub & Dining and Pub & Grill
- Partnerships & Ventures includes Pub Partners, which runs our tenanted and leased pubs business and Hive Franchise pubs, and our Ventures Brands which is made up of Metropolitan Pub Company, Hickory’s, Hotels Group and Crafted Pubs
Brewing & Brands covers the brewing sides of the business. Quality ales are brewed at the Westgate brewery in Bury St Edmunds and the Belhaven Brewery in Dunbar. Our industry-leading portfolio includes Greene King IPA, Old Speckled Hen, Abbot Ale, Ice Breaker and Belhaven Best and our premium beers, Level Head and Flint Eye, brewed for the modern-day drinker.
About Greene King Pub Partners:
Greene King Pub Partners operates over 1000 leased, tenanted and franchise pubs across England, Scotland and Wales with independent business partners. In March 2023 it was recognised as the best leased and tenanted pub company at the Publican Awards, the 6th time Greene King Pub Partners has won the national industry award.
About Macmillan Cancer Support
At Macmillan, we give people with cancer everything we’ve got. If you’re diagnosed, your worries are our worries. We will move mountains to help you live life as fully as you can. And we don’t stop there. We’re going all out to find ever better ways to help people with cancer, helping to bring forward the day when everyone gets life-transforming support from day one. We’re doing whatever it takes. But without your help we can’t support everyone who needs us.
To donate, volunteer, raise money or campaign with us, call 0300 1000 200 or visit macmillan.org.uk
Press Contact: Nick Lawrie Email: NickLawrie@greeneking.co.uk Tel: 07812 256245
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