Brewers aim to open 150 new pubs and create 3,000 jobs
By: JimOldfield
December 9th, 2011
Suffolk brewer Greene King has announced plans to create some 3,000 jobs in an expansion of its already-huge portfolio of pubs and restaurants.
It is set to increase its number of outlets from the current 950 to 1,100 nationwide, over the next three to five years.
The Bury St Edmunds-based brewery produces company – which Greene King IPA and Old Speckled Hen among others – recently announced record sales of £527.5m for the first six months of its financial year… up nine per cent on the previous year. The move will lead to recruitment of a large number of apprentices.
Greene King has created 800 apprenticeships as part of the recent expansion and expects this figure to reach approximately 2,000.
