Heineken to boost British pubs with £44 million investment before World Cup

NewsBusinessHeineken to boost British pubs with £44 million investment before World CupStar Pubs operation runs 2,350 sites across the UK, and a substantial investment at these venues has now been announcedHenry Henry Saker-Clark Monday 04 May 2026 16:35 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2969779To1","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/heineken-uk-pubs-investment-2026-world-cup-b2970153.html","title":"Heineken to boost British pubs with £44 million investment before World Cup"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-1112","index":0}Heineken has announced a major investment in its pubs across the UK (Reuters)For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1.png","label":"I would...