Stonegate wants to sell 1,000 pubs to help pay down £4bn of debt
Facility to fund development of brownfield site
Between 700 and 800 pubs could be sold to help cut £3bn debt pile
The Scottish brewer’s COO will join the 4,500-site chain in February
Stonegate Homes’ 100-home Hove site gets senior debt facility
Rockell worked with the company since its formation in 2010
It follows last year’s probe into the £3bn pub tie-up between Stonegate and Ei Group