Greene King & Sons Ltd, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. HSBC did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment. Can it be stopped? It is often lauded as the world's leading insurance market, focusing on specialist areas, such as marine, energy and political risk. Can it be stopped? In a statement, Lloyd's said: "There are some aspects of our history that we are not proud of. E.Greene & Son, Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street. "As an organisation with a history stretching back more than 300 years, these important and painful issues have a place in our history. While companies may have been reluctant to speak out in the past, the international outcry and huge demonstrations following Mr Floyd's death has made speaking up a "business imperative". .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Pub chain Greene King and insurance market Lloyd's of London have apologised for their historical links to the slave trade. Brewer and pub chain Greene King was originally founded in 1799 by Benjamin Greene, who owned highly-profitable plantations. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. ", They added that the firm would "deliver better results for our colleagues and customers. To address the issue, the pub chain will "make a substantial investment to benefit the BAME community and support our race diversity in the business". database held by the University College London (UCL). Four French cities to shut bars as virus spreads, Mick Fleetwood surprises viral Dreams TikTok star. "It is an important step that firms with historical links to trans-Atlantic slavery are now beginning the process of acknowledging the past.". F.W.King & Son, St.Edmund's Brewery, Westgate Street. Video, Mick Fleetwood surprises viral Dreams TikTok star, 'I like to swim with my pet python' Video, Are wildfires the end of the Californian dream? Are wildfires the end of the Californian dream? Nick Mackenzie, Greene King's chief executive officer, said: "It is inexcusable that one of our founders profited from slavery and argued against its abolition in the 1800s. .css-orcmk8-HeadlineContainer{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:justify;-webkit-justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;}FBI busts militia 'plot' to abduct Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer.css-1dedj2h-Rank{-webkit-align-self:center;-ms-flex-item-align:center;align-self:center;color:#B80000;margin-left:3.125rem;}1, US election 2020: Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor2, US man avoids jail in Thailand over bad resort review3, Australian boss fined over Belgian backpacker's fruit picking death4, IBM to split into two as it reinvents itself5, Coronavirus: Bars to shut in four more French cities with alert level raised6, Sophie Pétronin: Hostages released in Mali prisoner swap7, Fire at South Korea 33-level tower block brought under control8, Coronavirus: Why are infections rising again in US?9, Top Republican Mitch McConnell avoids White House over Covid-1910.