Hogmanay celebrations cancelled as UK-wide weather warnings take hold Free 311224
Hogmanay celebrations cancelled as UK-wide weather warnings take hold Hogmanay celebrations cancelled as UK-wide weather warnings take hold Edinburgh’s outdoor Hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled as wind, rain and snow are forecast across the UK in the coming days. Eight separate weather warnings have been issued across the UK in the coming days, as the […]
London pubs failing to enforce Ask for Angela safety scheme, investigation finds Free 221224
London pubs failing to enforce Ask for Angela safety scheme, investigation finds London pubs failing to enforce Ask for Angela safety scheme, investigation finds The ‘Ask for Angela’ scheme aims to make bars and clubs safer at thousands of venues across the country London’s pubs, bars and clubs are failing to enforce a scheme that […]
Wetherspoon boss slams two-thirds pint measure proposal as ‘daft’ Free 221224
Wetherspoon boss slams two-thirds pint measure proposal as ‘daft’ Wetherspoon boss slams two-thirds pint measure proposal as ‘daft’ Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin dismisses proposals for pubs to use two-thirds pint measures as ‘daft’, amid a surge in demand and profits. Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has criticised “slightly daft” proposals from academics to serve beer in […]
Wetherspoons pubs in the UK at risk of closure: full list revealed Free 221224
Wetherspoons pubs in the UK at risk of closure: full list revealed Wetherspoons pubs in the UK at risk of closure: full list revealed JD Wetherspoon has 809 pubs in the UK as of September 2024 — but this number could soon decline Some Wetherspoons pubs in the UK are up for sale, and if […]
Sir Keir Starmer vows to ‘take decisions’ on outdoor smoking ban to ease NHS ‘burden’ Free 221224
Sir Keir Starmer vows to ‘take decisions’ on outdoor smoking ban to ease NHS ‘burden’ Free Sir Keir Starmer vows to ‘take decisions’ on outdoor smoking ban to ease NHS ‘burden’ Free NHS ‘heartened’ by possible beer garden smoking ban while pubs say it will ‘increase isolation’ Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government will […]
Pub bosses slam potential outdoor smoking ban as bonkers and nuts Free 221224
Pub bosses slam potential outdoor smoking ban as bonkers and nuts Pub bosses slam potential outdoor smoking ban as ‘bonkers’ and ‘nuts’ The indoor smoking ban could be extended to cover other locations including small parks, outdoor restaurants and hospitals, according to reports. Pub industry bosses and brewers have criticised reported plans to ban smoking […]
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin nets almost £10m in share sale Free 221224
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin nets almost £10m in share sale The share sale has reduced his stake in the firm from 25.68% to 24.58%, or 30.38 million shares. The founder of JD Wetherspoon has sold almost £10 million worth of shares in the pub giant. Shares in the business dropped in early trading as a […]
Unveiled – the £3.6m ‘King of Essex’ 251224
Unveiled – the £3.6m ‘King of Essex’ Unveiled – the £3.6m ‘King of Essex’ Work on a new £3.6m town centre pub has been scheduled to start in late July. Owned by Wetherspoon, The King of Essex, in East Walk, Basildon, is expected to be one of the biggest pubs in the company’s chain. Wetherspoon […]
UK’s largest pubs and breweries demand immediate cut in beer duty Free 221224
UK’s largest pubs and breweries demand immediate cut in beer duty UK’s largest pubs and breweries demand immediate cut in beer duty British beer drinkers cheering on England and Scotland pay 54p duty per pint compared with German or Spanish fans paying less than 5p, a letter says. The UK’s largest pub groups and breweries […]
Newcastle Wetherspoons refuses assistance dog entry to pub Free 221224
Newcastle Wetherspoons refuses assistance dog entry to pub Newcastle Wetherspoons refuses assistance dog entry to pub A disabled teenager has told how they “completely broke down” after being refused entry to a Wetherspoons pub in Newcastle with their assistance dog. River Cartledge, 19, who has a number of mental and physical disabilities, was stopped from […]
Wetherspoon sales jump amid Guinness boom and ale recovery Free 221224
Wetherspoon sales jump amid Guinness boom and ale recovery Wetherspoon sales jump amid Guinness boom and ale recovery Founder and chairman Tim Martin said the firm expects annual profits to be ‘towards the top of market expectations’. JD Wetherspoon has said soaring demand for Guinness from younger punters and recovering demand for ale helped the […]
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 […]
Wetherspoon profits surge as customer demand grows Free 221224
Wetherspoon profits surge as customer demand grows Wetherspoon profits surge as customer demand grows Founder and chairman Tim Martin said it has seen sales ‘continue to improve’ into the new financial year. Pub giant JD Wetherspoon revealed a jump in profits for the past year as it witnessed higher customer demand in the face of […]
Wetherspoons game sees 300 meals ordered for Birmingham’s homeless Free 221224
Wetherspoons game sees 300 meals ordered for Birmingham’s homeless Wetherspoons game sees 300 meals ordered for Birmingham’s homeless Around 300 meals have been sent to a man’s table in Wetherspoons as part of a drinking game which aimed to feed the homeless. Kind strangers ordered hundreds of portions of burgers and chips to Chris Illman’s […]
Pub chain Wetherspoon reveals jump in sales as boss warns about costs Free 221224
Pub chain Wetherspoon reveals jump in sales as boss warns about costs Pub chain Wetherspoon reveals jump in sales as boss warns about costs Wetherspoon now operates more than 800 pubs. Pub chain J D Wetherspoon said that sales have risen by around £1 in every £10 in the last six months as it outperformed […]
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 […]
Tim Martin Wetherspoon boss knighted in New Year Honours Free 221224
Tim Martin Wetherspoon boss knighted in New Year Honours Tim Martin Wetherspoon boss knighted in New Year Honours Wetherspoon pub chain founder Tim Martin has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. The Brexit campaigner has been recognised for his services to hospitality and culture. He was one of the most high-profile business people […]
Wetherspoons pub chain considers CPR training after customer death Free 221224
Wetherspoons pub chain considers CPR training after customer death Wetherspoons pub chain considers CPR training after customer death Pub chain Wetherspoons is considering a request to promote CPR training among staff after the death of a customer. Christopher Locke, 37, suffered a cardiac arrest in the Lord Caradoc, Port Talbot, in October 2021, and died […]
Wetherspoon selling another 22 pubs amid estate overhaul Free 221224
Wetherspoon selling another 22 pubs amid estate overhaul Wetherspoon selling another 22 pubs amid estate overhaul The group has already sold 28 pubs this financial year, but insisted the move was not a ‘money-raising exercise’. Pub group JD Wetherspoon has said 22 of its pubs remain up for sale after offloading 28 already so far […]
Derbyshire man completes tour of every Wetherspoon pub Free 221224
Derbyshire man completes tour of every Wetherspoon pub Derbyshire man completes tour of every Wetherspoon pub A man who has spent four years crossing the country to visit every Wetherspoon pub has reached his 876th – and final – destination. David Bingham bought a cheap flight ticket to Ireland just so he could get through […]
Wetherspoon Derbyshire man visits every pub in Britain and Ireland Free 221224
Wetherspoon Derbyshire man visits every pub in Britain and Ireland Wetherspoon Derbyshire man visits every pub in Britain and Ireland A man is due to celebrate the end of a pub pilgrimage this week, when his mission to visit every Wetherspoon pub in Britain and Ireland concludes. David Bingham has visited 875 of the chain’s […]
Firms hit back at Bank governor in prices row Free 251224
Firms hit back at Bank governor in prices row Firms hit back at Bank governor in prices row Business leaders have hit back after the Bank of England governor said they should think twice before raising prices to cope with inflation. Andrew Bailey said increased prices could drive up the cost of living even further […]
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 […]
Disabled woman and service dog asked to leave Hanley pub Free 251224
Disabled woman and service dog asked to leave Hanley pub Disabled woman and service dog asked to leave Hanley pub A disabled woman said she was reduced to tears when asked to leave a pub because of her assistance dog. Louise Harris, who has multiple sclerosis, was approached by a manager in Hanley Wetherspoons on […]
Wetherspoon’s sales jump over Christmas but still lag behind pre-Covid Free 221224
Wetherspoon’s sales jump over Christmas but still lag behind pre-Covid Wetherspoon’s sales jump over Christmas but still lag behind pre-Covid The pub chain said like-for-like sales surged by nearly 18% over the last three months of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021. JD Wetherspoon has revealed that its sales at the end of […]
Wetherspoon sees sales come under pressure Free 221224
Wetherspoon sees sales come under pressure Wetherspoon sees sales come under pressure The pub chain said like-for-like sales dropped 1.1% in the five weeks to November 6 when compared with pre-pandemic trading in 2019. JD Wetherspoon has revealed slowing sales and said it is facing “substantially higher” costs across the group. The pub chain saw […]
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon reveals first loss since 1984 Free 221224
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon reveals first loss since 1984 Pub chain JD Wetherspoon reveals first loss since 1984 JD Wetherspoon has reported its first annual pre-tax loss since 1984 as it laid bare the impact of coronavirus restrictions on the pubs industry. It revealed a £105.4m loss on sharply lower sales in the year to […]
Wetherspoon to sell Beaconsfield M40 services pub Free 221224
Wetherspoon to sell Beaconsfield M40 services pub Wetherspoon to sell Beaconsfield M40 services pub The first pub to open at a motorway service station is up for sale. Pub operator JD Wetherspoon said it was selling 32 of its sites “either individually, in small packages or as a portfolio”. Among the venues on the market […]
Full list of 9 London pubs facing closure as Wetherspoon puts sites up for sale amid soaring costs Free 271224
Full list of 9 London pubs facing closure as Wetherspoon puts sites up for sale amid soaring costs Full list of 9 London pubs facing closure as Wetherspoon puts sites up for sale amid soaring costs JD Wetherspoon has warned it would slip to an annual loss after hiking staff wages As many as nine […]
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 […]
Bournemouth Wetherspoon pub to permanently close Free 221224
Bournemouth Wetherspoon pub to permanently close Bournemouth Wetherspoon pub to permanently close A Wetherspoon pub in Bournemouth where a man died after falling down the stairs is due to close. The pub chain confirmed The Christopher Creeke in Holdenhurst Road will permanently close at the beginning of April. Spokesman, Eddie Gershon, said there would be […]
University of Hull student’s union seals Wetherspoon partnership Free 221224
University of Hull student’s union seals Wetherspoon partnership University of Hull student’s union seals Wetherspoon partnership Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has gone into partnership with a students’ union in the first deal of its kind at a British university. Hull University Students’ Union (HUSU) said the deal meant “students will have their very own ‘Spoons’ […]
Wherspoons Cocktail sales up but ales out says pub chainet Free 221224
Wetherspoons: Cocktail sales up but ales out, says pub chain Wetherspoons: Cocktail sales up but ales out, says pub chain Cocktail sales have soared in comparison with traditional ales as more young people venture out post-lockdown, says Wetherspoons. In the 15 weeks to 7 November, sales of drinks such as mojitos and cosmopolitans were up […]
Pub chain Wetherspoon reports record loss Free 221224
Pub chain Wetherspoon reports record loss Pub chain Wetherspoon reports record loss JD Wetherspoon has reported a record annual loss after Covid lockdowns saw its pubs shut for 19 weeks. It posted a £154.7m loss as sales fell sharply in the year to 25 July, after a £34.1m loss a year earlier. Wetherspoon’s chairman Tim […]
Wetherspoons runs low on some beer amid driver shortage 271224
Wetherspoons runs low on some beer amid driver shortage Wetherspoons runs low on some beer amid driver shortage The Wetherspoons chain has said some of its pubs have run out of some beer brands because of supply chain issues. The Wetherspoons chain has said some of its pubs have run out of some beer brands […]
Shot in the head in Angola left for dead now a Wetherspoons star Free 221224
Shot in the head in Angola left for dead now a Wetherspoons star Shot in the head in Angola left for dead now a Wetherspoons star After the bullet burst through his mouth and neck, Cesar Kimbirima lay in the long grass, thought of his family, and waited to die. He had been shot before, […]
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 […]
Wetherspoons boss denies facing shortage of EU workers Free 221224
Wetherspoons boss denies facing shortage of EU workers Wetherspoons boss denies facing shortage of EU workers The boss of Wetherspoons has denied claims his pubs are facing a staff shortage caused by Brexit. It comes after Tim Martin was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as saying he favoured a more “liberal” visa scheme for EU […]
Wetherspoon plans new pubs and jobs if ‘no further lockdowns’ Free 221224
Wetherspoon plans new pubs and jobs if ‘no further lockdowns’ Wetherspoon plans new pubs and jobs if ‘no further lockdowns’ Pub chain JD Wetherspoon plans to open 18 new pubs and create 2,000 new jobs in a £145m upgrade – but only if there are no more Covid restrictions. The company said it would also […]
Wetherspoons calls for pubs to reopen ‘to save jobs’ Free 221224
Wetherspoons calls for pubs to reopen ‘to save jobs’ Wetherspoons calls for pubs to reopen ‘to save jobs’ The chairman of JD Wetherspoon is calling for pubs to reopen at the same time as non-essential shops. Tim Martin warned that the pub industry was “on its knees” and needed to reopen to save jobs. He […]
Wetherspoon 66 staff test positive across 50 pubs Free 221224
Wetherspoon 66 staff test positive across 50 pubs Wetherspoon 66 staff test positive across 50 pubs JD Wetherspoon has said that 66 of its workers have tested positive for the coronavirus but maintains that visiting pubs is safe. The company, which employs more than 41,000 people, said the vast majority of its pubs had recorded […]
Coronavirus Wrexham Wetherspoon customers told ‘watch out for symptoms’ Free 231224
Coronavirus Wrexham Wetherspoon customers told ‘watch out for symptoms’ Coronavirus Wrexham Wetherspoon customers told ‘watch out for symptoms’ Customers at a Wetherspoon pub are being told to look out for Covid-19 symptoms after three staff tested positive. Public Health Wales said anyone who visited the North and South Wales Bank in Wrexham between 9-20 August […]
JD Wetherspoon A third of head office jobs ‘at risk’ Free 231224
JD Wetherspoon: A third of head office jobs ‘at risk’ JD Wetherspoon: A third of head office jobs ‘at risk’ A third of head office staff at pub chain Wetherspoon are facing redundancy because of the impact of coronavirus. Chief executive John Hutson said out of 417 workers at its headquarters in Watford “a possible […]
Coronavirus Wetherspoon pubs set out post-lockdown plans Free 231224
Coronavirus Wetherspoon pubs set out post-lockdown plans Coronavirus Wetherspoon pubs set out post-lockdown plans The JD Wetherspoon pub chain has outlined plans for reopening hundreds of pubs once lockdown restrictions are eased. The JD Wetherspoon pub chain has outlined plans for reopening hundreds of pubs once lockdown restrictions are eased. Staff will be provided with […]
Coronavirus ‘Pay your staff’ scrawled on Wetherspoon pub Free 231224
Coronavirus ‘Pay your staff’ scrawled on Wetherspoon pub Coronavirus ‘Pay your staff’ scrawled on Wetherspoon pub The words “pay your staff” have been scrawled across the windows of a Wetherspoon pub in south London. All of the chain’s 850 UK pubs were closed by the government announcement to shut bars and clubs to stop the […]
Wetherspoon boss suggests staff could take jobs at Tesco Free 231224
Wetherspoon boss suggests staff could take jobs at Tesco Wetherspoon boss suggests staff could take jobs at Tesco The boss of the Wetherspoon pub chain has said its staff can take jobs with supermarkets amid the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Tim Martin told 40,000 workers in a video that they should feel free […]
Wetherspoons boss travels 200 miles in carpet row Free 221224
Wetherspoons boss travels 200 miles in carpet row Wetherspoons boss travels 200 miles in carpet row The chairman of Wetherspoons travelled to a seaside town to try and resolve a row over a carpet in one of his pubs. It features the Barry Town Council coat of arms and was fitted in the Sir Samuel […]
Wetherspoons Pub chain tells parents to stick to two drinks Free 221224
Wetherspoons Pub chain tells parents to stick to two drinks Wetherspoons Pub chain tells parents to stick to two drinks Going to the pub with your children? You may have to watch your drink consumption. Wetherspoons pubs are limiting parents to two alcoholic drinks each if they have their children with them. The rule came […]
Wetherspoons hit by ‘temporary’ pigs in blankets shortage Free 221224
Wetherspoons hit by ‘temporary’ pigs in blankets shortage Wetherspoons hit by ‘temporary’ pigs in blankets shortage JD Wetherspoon has upset customers by serving pigs in blankets without their blankets at pubs across the UK. The pub chain said it had problems with its meat supplier. In October, the British Meat Association (BMA) warned that pigs […]
JD Wetherspoon ‘to create 10000 jobs over four years’ Free 231224
JD Wetherspoon ‘to create 10000 jobs over four years’ JD Wetherspoon ‘to create 10000 jobs over four years’ UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon has said it will create 10,000 jobs in the UK and Republic of Ireland over the next four years. The chain said it would invest £200m in new pubs and hotels, as […]