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Greenalls is planning to build a £8m 98-bedroom hotel with leisure facilities in Bury. 30-Mar-2000 Greenalls is planning to change its name to De Vere Group, the name of its main hotel chain. 26-Jan-2000 Greenalls is to invest £150m in the expansion of its hotel and fitness operations over the next two years. 15-Dec-1999 Greenalls is to develop a £4m health and fitness club at Rubery near Birmingham next year, with the creation of 60 jobs. 12-Nov-1999 Greenalls is planning to set up a £7m health club at the Old Tannery building in Norwich, with the creation of 60 jobs. 07-Oct-1999 Scottish & Newcastle has agreed to acquire Greenalls' pubs, budget hotels and restaurants for £1.1bn, leaving Greenalls to focus on fitness clubs and the two remaining hotel divisions. 15-Sep-1999 Scottish & Newcastle is in negotiations to acquire Greenalls pubs, restaurants and budget hotels for up to £1bn, including 769 managed pubs that would be upgraded. 04-Sep-1999 Greenalls is to set up a health and fitness complex at Trentham Lakes in Stoke-on-Trent next year, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 01-Sep-1999 Greenalls is said to be considering plans to sell off its pubs and restaurants in order to focus on hotels and fitness centres. 02-Aug-1999 Greenalls has revealed details of its £12m leisure development in Manchester city centre, including a health and fitness club, a 147-bedroom Premier lodge and a Henry's Cafe Bar, creating 100 jobs. 11-Jun-1999 Greenalls is to spend £14m building seven hotels in the car parks of London Underground stations, with the creation of almost 200 jobs. 20-May-1999 Greenalls is planning to build a £12m 98-bedroom hotel in Dudley under the Village brand, including leisure club and swimming pool. 22-Apr-1999 Greenalls has bought Dunston Hall in Norfolk for £16m. 13-Apr-1999 Greenalls is selling its Stretton Leisure fruit-machine business to Leisure Link Group for £28m, in order to focus on leisure retailing operations with higher growth prospects. 30-Mar-1999 Greenalls is planning a £2m refurbishment for the Tramps nightclub in Birmingham, which will lead to the creation of 70 jobs. 30-Mar-1999 Greenalls has announced joint ventures with St David's Hotels and Burnden Leisure to expand its chain of De Vere hotels with new sites in Chester and Bolton. 01-Mar-1999 Greenalls and Mansfield are to open a new hotel and pub at the Wakefield Europort site this summer, with the creation of 50 jobs. 18-Feb-1999 Greenalls has announced the sale of 1,241 franchised and tenanted pubs to Nomura International for £370m, and will invest some of the proceeds in its hotel and health club businesses. 10-Dec-1998 Greenalls has failed to sell its 1,400 franchised and tenanted pubs for £400m following the withdrawal of Punch Taverns and Charterhouse Development Capital from the auction, but it will continue to seek bids. 07-Nov-1998 Greenalls is considering plans to sell Inn Partnerships, its tenanted and franchised pubs business, in order to raise £400m to expand its hotel and health club interests. 12-Oct-1998 Greenalls has won permission to build a 98-bed hotel Village Hotel at Arlington's Coventry Business Park. 25-Sep-1998 Greenalls Hotel & Leisure has opened the £12m Village Hotel & Leisure Club complex in Cardiff. 26-Aug-1998 Greenalls is said to be considering the future of three of its businesses - the Inn Partnerships pubs, the Stretton Leisure amusement machine business, and the G&J Greenall spirits distiller - in order to focus on its core retail and leisure businesses. 20-May-1998 Greenalls has bought the Slaley Hall hotel in Hexham from Aston Hotels for £16m. 13-May-1998 Elite Hotels has bought the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne from Greenalls for £14.5m. 03-Apr-1998 Greenalls Group has sold three De Vere hotels to Sarova Hotels for £15m, and proceeds will be used to reduce debt and boost capital expenditure. 03-Sep-1997 Greenalls has sold its Greenalls Cellars off-licence business, which operates 460 outlets, to management for £56m, in order to focus on pubs and restaurants. 30-Aug-1997 Greenalls Group is to invest £100m in its chain of pubs and restaurants, and aims to focus on quality pubs and dispose of smaller ones. 20-May-1997 Greenalls is restructuring its pub estate by transferring 245 managed pubs to a franchised operation and combining the Premier House pub restaurants with its managed house division. 05-Mar-1997 Greenalls has sold six US hotels to Shaner Hotel of Pennsylvania for £14m. 07-Dec-1996 Bupa has bought back 30 nursing homes from Greenalls, the pub company, for £68m. 02-May-1996 Greenalls plans to buy Boddington Group, including 450 pubs, for £480m. 07-Oct-1995
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