JD Wetherspoon

Wetherspoon’s enjoys record sales as people turn to cheaper pubs
Pub chain reports highest Easter week sales and busiest-ever Saturday
Joanna Partridge
10, May, 2023 @8:15 AM

Wetherspoon’s boss: hospitality holding off price rises could be ‘catastrophic’
Tim Martin says Bank of England is right to ask firms to be mindful but advice should not be taken too literally
Mark Sweney
24, Mar, 2023 @11:56 AM

JD Wetherspoon to sell 39 more pubs as costs rise ‘substantially higher’
Chain bet on post-Covid bounceback in 2021 but now faces surge in expenses and interest payments
Joanna Partridge
09, Nov, 2022 @12:47 PM

Looking at the US, the unhappy story of inflation is still far from over | Nils Pratley
A fall in oil prices is small consolation – even ignoring fuel and food, US inflation is running at 6%
Nils Pratley
13, Jul, 2022 @5:56 PM

Wetherspoon’s warns of £30m loss as older drinkers stay at home
Sales of draught ales, ciders and lagers drop 8%, with analysts citing customers’ Covid nervousness
Sarah Butler
13, Jul, 2022 @11:44 AM

JD Wetherspoon to raise prices as pub sales continue recovery
Chain narrows losses as trading approaches pre-pandemic levels but cost pressures grow
Mark Sweney
18, Mar, 2022 @11:42 AM

Wetherspoon’s Tim Martin attacks No 10 ‘hypocrisy’ as sales crash
Trading update from pub chain shows like-for-like sales to mid-January down 15.6% on previous year
Jasper Jolly
19, Jan, 2022 @8:59 AM

JD Wetherspoon managers join board of directors for first time
Pub chain says it will involve more employees in decision making after run-ins with politicians and investors
Simon Goodley
20, Dec, 2021 @4:56 PM

Wetherspoons says Johnson’s ‘lockdown by stealth’ will hit pubs’ profits
Brexiter Tim Martin lashes out at government for ‘arbitrary’ measures taken to curb spread of Omicron
Rob Davies
13, Dec, 2021 @1:24 PM

Tipsy at 30,000ft? It’s the British way
Whatever the sobriety or otherwise of the three MPs in the news last week, a tipple or two at high altitude is a national institution
Ed Cumming
14, Nov, 2021 @7:15 AM

Wetherspoon’s sales below pre-Covid levels as older customers stay away
Shares fall despite pub chain pointing out 2019 had been a record year and reporting signs of recovery
Rob Davies
10, Nov, 2021 @10:55 AM

Wetherspoon’s struggles to find staff in some parts of England
Pub chain – hit by record loss of almost £200m – finds it hard to attract workers in holiday hotspots
Mark Sweney
01, Oct, 2021 @8:55 AM
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