Heineken steps in with £300m mega-deal to save 300 boozers as Britain’s biggest pub chain faces £3bn debt nightmare

DUTCH brewing giant Heineken is on the brink of snapping up 300 boozers in a £300million deal for Britain's biggest pub chain. The mammoth buyout, first reported by The Times, would throw a vital lifeline to Stonegate as it battles a crippling £3billion debt mountain. Stonegate operates around 4,500 pubs across the country but has...