 The company ceased brewing in 1991 to concentrate on running pubs and hotels.In 1999, the tenanted wing of the Greenall's operation was sold to the Japanese bank, Nomura for £370 million and the main Greenall's operation, involving 770 pubs and 69 budget lodges, was sold to Scottish and Newcastle for £1.1billion.Greenalls started to focus its resources on its De Vere and Village Leisure hotel branding at that time.