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Wetherspoon warns on red tape Wetherspoon warns on red tape Pubs group JD Wetherspoon warned increasing red tape and taxes are hitting the pub industry as it announced a rise in priofits. Pre-tax profits for the year to July rose 5% to £56.1m ($89.76m). The group added current trade in August was positive, with like-for-like […]

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Wetherspoon cuts back pub openings

An Asian female in an outdoor bar Wetherspoon cuts back pub openings The founder of pubs group JD Wetherspoon has said the firm is “reining back” on new pub openings because of excessive red tape and taxes. Tim Martin, the firm’s chairman, also warned that the pub industry as a whole could be hit hard […]