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29/05/2009

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Now in its 8th year — The Morning Advertiser ranks the trade's movers and shakers on the impact they've had on the industry in the past 12 months — and how they're likely to affect it in the year ahead.
1. Tim Martin chairman, JD Wetherspoon (3)

Why he is on the list: Larger-than-life Tim Martin climbs to the number one spot in this year's Top 50. Martin is perhaps the pub trade's highest profile personality and certainly the man who claims more press column inches and media appearances than any other industry leader. Martin has an opinion on most issues and, sometimes, he is out of kilter with rank-and-file trade opinion. But when he talks, people invariably listen and he remains a precious flag-waver and talker-up of pubs and beer.
What the past year has held: The recession failed to halt JDW's new openings programme with 38 the current target for the financial year. The company's share price has been surprisingly buoyant as the City decided its bargain meal deals and a 99p-

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RE: Top 50 most influential pub people

There are about 90 individuals on this list. Why are only two female?

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