Greene King has called time on Old Speckled Hen after more than a quarter of a century as the pub chain moves away from selling its beers in shops and supermarkets.br/

The company has struck a deal to sell the Old Speckled Hen family of beer brands, which it has owned since 1999, to Damm UK, the owner of Estrella Damm, the family-owned Spanish brewing business, for an undisclosed price