The leash loosens
18-Aug-2005
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is showing signs of greater operational flexibility as it tries to drive sales. It's even letting its managers try...
Martin: visionary or gambler?
10-Mar-2005
JD Wetherspoon profits have dropped by 20% in its first six months. But the company is determined to push ahead with its smoking ban widely...
What the Sunday papers said…
07-Mar-2005
JD Wetherspoon disappointed the market yesterday with a sharp drop in first-half trading profits and news that trading had deteriorated further last...
City down on Wetherspoon results
28-Feb-2005
The City is predicting a slump in JD Wetherspoon's half year profits when they are announced this Friday.A slow down in expansion, shadowed by a...
Wetherspoon sheds pubs and staff
23-Feb-2005
Job losses, site disposals, and yet more openings are in store as JD Wetherspoon continues to rationalise its high street estate.Following hard on...
Wetherspoon's pushes on with smoking ban
10-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is making an early start on its plan to open 60 non-smoking pubs in May of this year prior to a complete ban at all...
Smoke-free roll-out boosts Wetherspoon's shares
04-Feb-2005
Reports that JD Wetherspoon is planning to move upmarket continue to oscillate through the press with all the 'oh yes it is; oh no it isn't' flummery...
Licensees glory in Wetherspoon smoking ban
27-Jan-2005
JD Wetherspoon plans to introduce a smoking ban have been welcomed by other licensees - because it could mean more trade for them.The chain is to...
JDW's rise in sales fails to impress City
27-Jan-2005
by The PMA Team Managed operator JD Wether-spoon has reported a slight improvement in trading during its 12-week second quarter with like-for-like...
Bosses air mixed views on proposals
25-Nov-2004
The news of the smoking ban has received a mixed reception from pubco bosses with some generally satisfied, some angry and others simply...
U-turn on price cuts as JDW sees margins fall
18-Nov-2004
by The PMA Team High street operator JD Wetherspoon has performed a U-turn and increased its prices in an attempt to boost its margins. The price...
Survival of the fittest
21-Oct-2004
With tough times on the high street continuing, consolidation looks a certainty in the managed-house sector. GRAHAM RIDOUT reports on how the...
JDW takes a dip in the deep end
09-Sep-2004
by Mark Stretton, editor The appraisals for JD Wetherspoon came thick and fast: the company was ex-growth; in a strategic cul-de-sac; a one-trick...
Wetherspoon's goes big on ale
22-Apr-2004
by Tony Halsteadand The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is to double the length of its annual beer festival to a fortnight. The festival, which starts on 4...
JD Wetherspoon has moved with alacrity to avoid any danger o
25-Mar-2004
The move also indicates how fundamentally the world of licensed retailing has changed in the past fortnight with the publication of new Portman Group...
Price gap of drinks is closing'
18-Mar-2004
A survey of drink prices at pubs operated by large companies seems to prove claims that the gap between the cheapest and most expensive has closed in...
Lloyds sales figures?: We're saying nothing'
11-Mar-2004
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has revealed he is going to work part-time next month when he returns from a six-month sabbatical. The PMA Team looks...
Wetherspoon wins top toilet awards
16-Dec-2003
JD Wetherspoon has won three top awards in the pubs and clubs category of the Loo of the Year competition 2003.The Society Rooms in Stalybridge...
Lloyds No 1 bars take centre stage
30-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon's junior brand, Lloyds No 1, will dominate the new opening programme in the run-up to Christmas with six out of seven...
WETHERSPOON PUBS in TV sports TRIAL
11-Sep-2003
by Tony Halstead and The PMA Team Trials of big-screen televisions showing sport have begun in 21 pubs across JD Wetherspoon's national estate in a...
Profits on course says Wetherspoon
01-Aug-2003
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has moved to reassure shareholders that profits are on track after one of the choppiest trading years in the group's...
JDW gets cold feet over £3.3m Dublin venture
24-Jul-2003
By Tony Halstead and The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon has pulled out of a scheme to develop a £3.3m pub in Dublin city centre in a major change of...
JDW denies being party poopers'
22-May-2003
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has defended a decision by one of its managers, who threatened to bar a group of girls when they started to sing "happy...
JDW to sell 17 pubs
03-Apr-2003
JD Wetherspoon is to sell 17 bottom-end suburban pubs in the largest-ever disposal of properties by the managed chain. The 17 pubs 12 freeholds...
JDW managers hit salary super-league
13-Mar-2003
Six pub management couples at JD Wetherspoon have entered the salary super-league by earning £100,000 last year. The average single manager earned...
Tax rises restrict JDW openings to 50 pubs
13-Mar-2003
By The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon has reduced the number of pub openings planned for this year to 50 compared to 87 just last year as a result of...
JDW fined £5,000 for short pints
27-Feb-2003
Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to remind all its managers of the need to top-up pints after being fined a total of £5,000 for serving up short pints...
Merry Christmas for JD Wetherspoon
14-Jan-2003
High street discounter JD Wetherspoon last week unveiled Christmas and New Year figures showing 4.2 per cent rise in like-for-like sales figures, a...
Food sales up for JD Wetherspoon
06-Dec-2002
Food sales are on the up at award-winning pub chain JD Wetherspoon while its infamous cheap drinks have proved less popular.The company, which was...
JDW set to open 500 Lloyd's No.1
05-Mar-2002
Pub retailer JD Wetherspoon says it will take its Lloyds No.1 offering to 500 outlets over the next 10 years.Since the managed house operator bought...
Pub boss slams Wetherspoon's pricing strategy
31-Jan-2002
Tony Brooks, director of the Head of Steam pub group, has attacked JD Wetherspoon's pricing strategy as "immoral" and "socially irresponsible".Mr...
What the Sunday papers say - 11 November
12-Nov-2001
Sunday BusinessNomura has put Inn Partnerships, one of three pub companies it owns, up for sale for an estimated £500m. Guy Hands, head of Nomura's...
fresh faced
15-Mar-2001
The dream of running your own pub almost certainly focuses heavily on a traditional country local with wooden beams, stone floors and a garden...
