private industry hotels founded 1762 headquarters london uk key people andrew coppel group ceo website http www.deverevenues.co.uk de vere group is a hotels and leisure business which until the late 1990s was a brewing company known as greenall s. it used to be listed on the london stock exchange and was once a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 sponsorship 4 references history edit greenall s brewery was founded by thomas greenall in 1762 . initially based in st helens the company relocated to warrington in 1787 . 1 it bought the groves & whitnall brewery in salford in 1961 2 shipstone s brewery in nottingham in 1978 3 and davenport s brewery in birmingham in 1986 . 4 for much of the 20th century the company traded as greenall whitley & co limited . 4 the st helens brewery was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a new shopping centre . the warrington brewery on the edge of stockton heath was bought by bruntwood renamed wilderspool business park and is now let to office occupiers . 5 it ceased brewing in 1991 to concentrate on running pubs and hotels . 6 in 1999 the tenanted wing of the greenall s operation was sold to the japanese bank nomura for 370 million 7 and the main greenall s operation involving 770 pubs and 69 budget lodges was sold to scottish and newcastle for 1.1 billion . 8 in 2005 the belfry was sold by greenalls to the quinn group for 186 million . 9 the greenall family connection remained as lord daresbury the descendant of the original founder remained the non executive chairman . this tie was severed in 2006 when daresbury stepped down from the post and much of the family s interest was sold . 10 in 2006 de vere group was acquired by the alternative hotels group plc a joint venture between hbos and eight investors led by richard balfour lynn 11 for 745.5 million . 12 the alternative hotels group plc renamed itself de vere group again in 2010 . 13 de vere group sold greenall s london dry gin for 7 million in a private equity backed management buyout in 2011 . 14 balfour lynn also stood down as chief executive in 2011 . 15 in march 2014 de vere venues was acquired by private equity firm starwood capital . 16 in november 2014 de vere group completed the final part of its sell off following the sale of village urban resorts to denver based private equity firm ksl capital partners for 485m . 17 operations edit greenall s ales are distributed by carlsberg and brewed for them by molson coors in burtonwood near warrington . 18 greenall s ales can still be bought in some pubs in the north west of england although they are gradually disappearing . often only greenall s mild can be found . greenall s bitter is 3.6 % abv . 19 greenall s mild is 3.1 % . 19 greenall s beer is most often found in the st. helens and warrington areas particularly in former greenall s houses . sponsorship edit greenall s sponsored newcastle united and huddersfield town football clubs in the late 1980s . greenall s was also involved with the warrington wolves rugby league club for some 115 years . the sponsorship ended in 1998 when greenall s operations were sold to scottish and newcastle . references edit a century of cheshire brewers . tripod.com . retrieved 27 august 2015 . groves & whitnall brewery nottinghamshire breweries a b 1963 greenall whitley and co. ltd . thesharegallery.co.uk . retrieved 27 august 2015 . wilderspool business park . retrieved 20 november 2014 . house of commons hansard debates for 14 nov 1991 . parliament.uk . retrieved 27 august 2015 . nomura set for 375m pound pub spree the scotsman 7 november 1998 greenalls pubs go scottish bbc news 14 september 1999 quinn buys belfrey golf course guardian 11 february 2005 daresbury steps down at de vere to break 244 years of family ties the times 18 january 2006 lloyds backed alternative hotels group may be sold daily mail 12 february 2011 group completes de vere buy up liverpool daily post 6 september 2006 the alternative hotel group renamed as the de vere group caterer search 17 december 2010 de vere sells historic gin distiller insider media 8 august 2011 balfour lynn steps down from de vere group caterer search 19 september 2011 starwood capital buys de vere venues . big hospitality . 11 march 2016 . retrieved 24 may 2016 . ksl capital to acquire de vere s village urban resorts . www.ft.com . retrieved 24 may 2016 . thomas hardy burtonwood molson coors . ratebeer.com . retrieved 27 august 2015 . a b draught portfolio retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title de vere group & oldid 732675432 categories defunct brewery companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1762companies based in londonhotel and leisure companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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