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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. ==History== Greenall's Brewery was founded by Thomas Greenall in 1762. Initially based in St Helens, the Company relocated to Warrington in 1787.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Century of Cheshire Brewers )〕 It bought the ''Groves & Whitnall Brewery'' in Salford in 1961,〔(Groves & Whitnall Brewery )〕 ''Shipstone's Brewery'' in Nottingham in 1978〔(Nottinghamshire Breweries )〕 and ''Davenport's Brewery'' in Birmingham in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1963 Greenall Whitley And Co. Ltd )〕 For much of the 20th century, the Company traded as ''Greenall Whitley & Co Limited''.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilderspool Business Park )〕 It ceased brewing in 1991 to concentrate on running pubs and hotels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 14 Nov 1991 )〕 In 1999, the tenanted wing of the Greenall's operation was sold to the Japanese bank, Nomura, for £370 million〔(Nomura set for 375m pound pub spree ) ''The Scotsman'', 7 November 1998〕 and the main Greenall's operation, involving 770 pubs and 69 budget lodges, was sold to Scottish and Newcastle for £1.1billion.〔(Greenalls pubs go Scottish ) BBC News, 14 September 1999〕 In 2005, The Belfry was sold by Greenalls to ''The Quinn Group'' for £186 million.〔(Quinn buys Belfrey Golf Course ) Guardian, 11 February 2005〕 The Greenall family connection remained as Lord Daresbury, the descendant of the original founder, remained the non-executive chairman. This tie was eventually severed in 2006 when Daresbury stepped down from the post and much of the family's interest was sold.〔(Daresbury steps down at De Vere to break 244 years of family ties ) The Times, 18 January 2006〕 In September 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,〔(Lloyds-backed Alternative Hotels Group may be sold ) Daily Mail, 12 February 2011〕 for £745.5 million.〔(Group completes De Vere buy-up ) Liverpool Daily Post, 6 September 2006〕 ''The Alternative Hotels Group plc'' renamed itself ''De Vere Group'' again in December 2010.〔(The Alternative Hotel Group renamed as the De Vere Group ) Caterer Search, 17 December 2010〕 De Vere Group sold Greenall's London Dry Gin for £7 million in a private equity-backed management buyout in August 2011.〔(De Vere sells historic gin distiller ) Insider Media, 8 August 2011〕 Balfour-Lynn stood down as chief executive in September 2011.〔(Balfour-Lynn steps down from De Vere Group ) Caterer Search, 19 September 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「De Vere Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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