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Hong Kong billionaire capitalises on weak pound to swoop in for UK’s biggest listed pubs and brewery group

Taking back control?

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2019-08-20 08:38
in Business, Business and Economics
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A Hong Kong billionaire capitalised on a weak pound this week to snap up the UK’s biggest listed pubs and brewery group.

Victor Li acquired Greene King in a £4.6 billion deal, taking the 220-year-old UK pubs group for 850p per share.

The Suffolk-based group owns roughly 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels in total across the UK.

It also brews beers such as Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale, which have been a mainstay on British pumps for decades.

One person close to CK Asset Holdings told the Financial Times that the the fall in the value of the pound in recent weeks as the UK government has ramped up preparations for a potential no-deal Brexit has encouraged foreign investors to “look at UK assets as they are cheaper”.

The move comes just months after Fuller’s, the brewer whose beers include London Pride, sold its entire drinks business to Japan’s biggest brewer Asahi.

In July, Stonegate, the operator of the Slug and Lettuce chain, also acquired rival Ei Group in a £3 billion deal.

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