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Shoot for the stars: Manager Arber Hasani outside the new pub

JD Wetherspoon opens O2 pub

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub has opened at The O2 today (Tuesday 21 March) after a whopping £2.9m investment.

Commercial choice: JDW backs out of Wirral revamp

JDW pulls plug on £3m revamp

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has backed out of a £3m development in New Brighton, Merseyside, leaving land up for sale.

Rising costs: JD Wetherspoon is increasing prices for food and drink by 7.5% (Credit: Getty/ipopba)

JDW pushes prices up by 7.5%

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has increased its prices across its food and drink offer by 7.5%.

Company results: JDW's trading update earlier in January revealed the group had sold a number of sites while more remained on the market (image: Getty/Image Source)

Which pubs has JDW sold?

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has revealed where the 10 sites it has sold are, following information released in its results for the second quarter of its financial year.

Cautious optimism: JDW reports sales uplift in recent trading period (Getty/ Ingolf Hatz)

JDW ‘cautiously optimistic for future’

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is “cautiously optimistic” for the future, after reporting sales growth of 13.1% versus the same period last year in a recent trading update.

Top employer status recognised: JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin

Top employer honour for JDW

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in the United Kingdom 2023.

Focused for future: M&B will continue enhancing its estate and has opened an All Bar One

M&B reports 10.4% rise in Q1 lfl sales

By Gary Lloyd

Strong drinks trade has led to a rise in like-for-like (lfl) sales at managed pubs and restaurants operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).

January Sale: Cheap pints and burgers at Spoons pubs

JDW welcomes new year with 99p pints

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has launched a January sale across its portfolio with some pints priced at just 99p, despite cost pressures hitting the sector.

Leadership, innovation and determination: Debbie Whittingham has been honoured for her work at JDW

Manager at JDW named as ‘one to watch’

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) regional manager and employee director Debbie Whittingham has been named in the 2022 Women to Watch & Role Models for Inclusion Index.

Trading update: M&B's results cover the year to 24 September 2022 (image: Getty/Ole Schwander)

M&B reports profit recovery

By Nikkie Thatcher

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has revealed profits have recovered in its latest trading update, covering 52 weeks ending 24 September 2022, despite a "highly challenging trading environment".

Company news: the new venue is set to open its doors in February 2023 (image: Getty/Red Blu Productions)

£3m investment in 02 pub by JDW

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub group JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced a new pub opening in February next year at London entertainment venue The O2.

Warning: JDW chair Tim Martin reiterated threats to the sector ‘continue to apply’

JDW to put 7 more sites on market as sales slow

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced like-for-like sales were slow throughout October and it will put seven more pubs on the market, according to its trading update for the 14 weeks to 6 November 2022.

Company update: JD Wetherspoon posted its preliminary results for the 53 weeks to 31 July 2022 (image: Getty/Poike)

JDW reports £30m loss

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) revealed a loss before tax of £30.4m and said getting customers back to the on-trade was a "momentous challenge" in its latest trading update.

Fiscal results: challenging times for M&B and its customers

Food drives trade at M&B but drink sales down

By Gary Lloyd

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the operator of brands including All Bar One, Premium Country Pubs, Nicholson’s, Ember Inns, Toby Carvery and Harvester, has reported a 5.2% lift in like-for-like (lfl) food sales and a 4.1% loss in drinks sales for...

Equality needed: 'it doesn't make sense for the hospitality industry to subsidise supermarkets,' JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says (image: Getty/Image Source)

JDW slashes prices to highlight VAT cut benefit

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is cutting prices on its food and drink for one day to spotlight the benefit a permanent VAT decrease would have on the hospitality sector.

CGA BrandTrack: JDW most visited brand in six-month period (Pictured: JDW chair Tim Martin)

JDW 'most visited licensed brand'

By The Morning Advertiser

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) was the most visited licensed brand and the third most visited brand in the UK’s hospitality sector during six-month period, according to the latest CGA BrandTrack.

Tax equality: JDW chair Tim Martin said if pubs were to survive and thrive in the future, the sector needs to be treated fairly

JDW boss reiterates calls for tax equality

By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has repeated his calls for pubs to have tax equality with supermarkets in order to “survive and thrive in the future”.

Q3 update: sales are up at M&B despite challenging conditions

Food drives like-for-like sales at M&B

By Gary Lloyd

Multi-brand pub and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced a 0.9% like-for-like sales boost in the 42 weeks up to 16 July 2022 with food being the main driver.

First of many: the Birmingham site is the first of O'Neill's remodelling plans to be rolled out across all other branches in the UK

Inside the new look O’Neill’s

By Nikkie Thatcher

Mitchells & Butlers brand O’Neill’s is being remodelled with a new look and feel, bringing a focus on showing women’s sports, starting with The Women’s Euros next month (July).

Pushing forward: M&B reports profits of £120m

M&B reports profits of £120m

By Rebecca Weller

Large multi-site pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported profits of £120m for the first half of 2022.

Improving figures: JDW chairman Tim Martin expects ‘relative normality’ in the company's next financial year

JDW profits set to ‘break even’, boardroom switch announced

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced it “anticipates a ‘break-even’ outcome for profits in the current financial year” in its Q3 trading update, adding like-for-like sales were “slightly positive” for the last two weeks.

Price hikes: JD Wetherspoon's labour costs have risen by 7.7% in 2022 (image: Getty/Pears2295)

JDW has increased pay rates by 5.5%

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has pushed its average pay per hour up by 5.5% a year from 2013 to 2021, it has revealed.

Trade comparison: 'It doesn’t make economic sense that food bought in pubs, restaurants and cafés attract VAT of 20%, when food is VAT-free in supermarkets,' says JD Wetherspoon (JDW) boss Tim Martin

JDW boss blasts Gov proposal to increase VAT

By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has criticised the Government’s plans to increase VAT back to 20% for food in pubs, restaurants and cafés from next month (April).

Price hike: JDW pints to rise pint price by 10p (Getty/ The Good Brigade)

JDW hikes pint prices by 10p

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has increased the cost of pints across its UK pubs, as rising prices and supply chain issues suffocate the sector.

Time at the bar: Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, reputedly the oldest pub in England, has closed (credit: Getty/MOF)

Last orders at England’s ‘oldest pub’

By Gary Lloyd

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks – a pub believed to be the oldest in England – has called time at the bar and closed after licensee Christo Tofalli’s business went into administration.

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