Heineken acquired the pubs as a result of its takeover of Scottish & Newcastle in a joint purchase with Carlsberg in 2008.
[4] During the pandemic, the company offered its tenants rent concessions to help them deal with the financial burden of being forced to close.
[5] In 2020, the Pubs Code Adjudicator fined Star for forcing tenant landlords "to sell unreasonable levels of Heineken beers and ciders when they requested to go free of tie.
"The global brewing giant said the investment will upgrade 570 pubs, almost a quarter of its UK venues", according to The Independent.
[7] Star "has injected more than £51 million into its estate since September last year", according to the Morning Advertiser in November 2023.