Wetherspoon profits jump as Covid recovery continues Free 221224
Wetherspoon profits jump as Covid recovery continues Wetherspoon profits jump as Covid recovery continues Pub chain Wetherspoon has reported an eightfold jump in profits, saying its recovery from the Covid pandemic is continuing. Pre-tax profits leapt from £4.6m to £36m in the first six months of the financial year, as more people visited the group’s […]
J D Wetherspoon to open pubs at Haven holiday parks Free 221224
J D Wetherspoon to open pubs at Haven holiday parks J D Wetherspoon to open pubs at Haven holiday parks Pub chain J D Wetherspoon has signed an “exclusive agreement” with Haven Holidays to operate at its parks. Haven, which runs 38 parks in the UK, said the first on-site pub would open at its […]
Wetherspoons in London Every pub in Zone 1 ranked from best to worst Free 221224
Wetherspoons in London Every pub in Zone 1 ranked from best to worst Wetherspoons in London Every pub in Zone 1 ranked from best to worst Greenwich is welcoming a new £3million Spoons. But what about those closer to the centre of town? One word is all it takes to warm the cockles of any […]
Independent food hall to take over Kings Heath pub Free 251224
Independent food hall to take over Kings Heath pub Independent food hall to take over Kings Heath pub A food hall is planned to open inside a former Birmingham pub, featuring six independent kiosks, a bar and bakery. District Marketplace wants to take over what was Wetherspoons’ Pear Tree pub on Kings Heath High Street. […]
Raft of high street shops to shut their doors for the Queen’s funeral Free 221224
Raft of high street shops to shut their doors for the Queen’s funeral Raft of high street shops to shut their doors for the Queen’s funeral Monday September 19 will be a public bank holiday but it is up to independent businesses to decide whether they will open Supermarkets, fashion stores and cinemas will be […]
Wetherspoons warns price of meals to rise if VAT goes up Free 221224
Wetherspoons warns price of meals to rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons warns price of meals to rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons says it will have to put up the price of food in its pubs by around 40p a meal if a VAT cut for the hospitality industry is not extended. The tax […]
Coronavirus Three staff test positive at Wrexham Wetherspoon Free 231224
Coronavirus Three staff test positive at Wrexham Wetherspoon Coronavirus Three staff test positive at Wrexham Wetherspoon Three staff have tested positive for coronavirus at a Wetherspoon pub on a high street in a Welsh town. Staff from the North and South Wales Bank in Wrexham had tested positive, said Eddie Gershon from JD Wetherspoon. He […]
Murder probe as man dies in fight outside Wetherspoon pub in Sedgley Free 231224
Murder probe as man dies in fight outside Wetherspoon pub in Sedgley Murder probe as man dies in fight outside Wetherspoon pub in Sedgley A 24-year-old man has died after a fight broke out outside a Wetherspoon’s pub. The man was found with serious head injuries outside The Clifton in Sedgley, Dudley, just before midnight. […]
Kittens dumped in Wetherspoons toilets in Lincoln to be re-homed Free 221224
Kittens dumped in Wetherspoons toilets in Lincoln to be re-homed Kittens dumped in Wetherspoons toilets in Lincoln to be re-homed Four kittens found abandoned in a bag in the toilets of a Lincolnshire pub are being put up for adoption. The newborn kittens were found inside the plastic bag in the men’s toilets at a […]
Meat supplier to Wetherspoon’s probed over food hygiene Free 231224
Meat supplier to Wetherspoon’s probed over food hygiene Meat supplier to Wetherspoon’s probed over food hygiene A meat wholesaler which supplies pub chain Wetherspoon, schools and care homes is being investigated over food hygiene concerns. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said, external it had stopped any meat leaving Russell Hume company sites and unused meat […]
Wetherspoon’s boss attacks ‘lurid’ Brexit claims Free 231224
Wetherspoon’s boss attacks ‘lurid’ Brexit claims Wetherspoon’s boss attacks ‘lurid’ Brexit claims JD Wetherspoon’s chairman has said claims that the UK would see serious economic consequences from a Brexit vote were “lurid” and wrong. Tim Martin, an ardent supporter of Brexit, used his company’s profits statement to attack a host of targets, including the CBI, […]
Wetherspoon’s boss decries Brexit ‘doom-mongering’ Free 231224
Wetherspoon’s boss decries Brexit ‘doom-mongering’ Wetherspoon’s boss decries Brexit ‘doom-mongering’ JD Wetherspoon’s chairman has said pre-Brexit “doom-mongering” by George Osborne, the Bank of England and other economic institutions could cause a future economic slowdown. Tim Martin, who was a vocal supporter of Brexit, called into question their “honesty” and economic judgement. His comments are in […]
Pub chain fails to see Cable joke Free 261224
Pub chain fails to see Cable joke Pub chain fails to see Cable joke Vince Cable’s one-liners may have gone down a storm with Lib Dem delegates but pub chain Wetherspoons is not laughing. It is angry about a passage in the Lib Dem treasury spokesman’s speech to the party’s spring conference in Liverpool. Mr […]
Wetherspoon enjoys caffeine hit Free 251224
Wetherspoon enjoys caffeine hit Wetherspoon enjoys caffeine hit Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has said it is now selling as much coffee as Caffe Nero as it pushes non-alcoholic drink sales in its outlets. The firm said it had now cornered 6% of the UK’s “chain” coffee market, which features the likes of Starbucks. The move […]
Wetherspoon promises more jobs cheap beer Free 251224
Wetherspoon promises more jobs cheap beer Wetherspoon promises more jobs cheap beer Pub chain JD Wetherspoon plans to open 90 to 95 pubs over the next year, creating thousands of new jobs. On the basis that the group employs some 25 people per pub, the new pubs may result in up to 2,500 new jobs, […]