JD Wetherspoon

JDW closes 46 Scottish pubs until restrictions ease

17-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon has shut three quarters (75%) of its pubs in Scotland and these will remain closed until measures are relaxed.

Second lockdown ‘costs JDW £14m’

11-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has estimated the ‘cash burn’ of the month-long enforced closure of its pubs under national lockdown will be approximately £14m.

JDW ‘not considering further redundancies’

16-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) boss Tim Martin has told The Morning Advertiser the business is currently not considering making more redundancies, but wouldn't rule out more cuts if trade continues to drop.

1% of JDW staff tested positive for coronavirus

16-Oct-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Just 1% of JD Wetherspoon’s 43,000 employees have tested positive for coronavirus since pubs reopened, boss Tim Martin said in the company’s delayed financial results today.

Curfew measures will not curb virus, say pubco bosses

22-Sep-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Chief executives have called the Government’s pub curfew decision “pointless” and “unnecessary” in the fight to curb a second coronavirus wave.

400 possible redundancies at JDW airport pubs

22-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub staff at JD Wetherspoon (JDW)'s airport sites have been told a possible 400 to 450 roles are at risk of redundancy due to a drop in passenger numbers, it has announced.

JDW to pump £6.6m into two new sites

16-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is set to begin development work on two new pubs in the next three weeks, costing £6.6m.

JDW sales slump on Saturday before ‘rule of six’ enforced

14-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) saw year-on-year sales drop by more than a fifth (22.5%) on Saturday 12 September amid national reports of pubs and bars being flooded with customers ahead of the Government’s ‘rule of six’ coming into force today (Monday 14 September).

JDW sees 5.7m track and trace check ins

07-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has received 5,742,125 check ins of track and trace across its UK and Republic of Ireland estate in one month.

JDW cuts prices again for own version of EOTHO

01-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has slashed its prices for again in its own version of the Government’s discount scheme.

JD Wetherspoon pushed to annual loss

24-Aug-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has warned it will report an annual loss amid the coronavirus pandemic and its food sales will be subdued after the Government’s discount meal scheme ends.

Tim Martin demands evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in pubs

11-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) boss Tim Martin has called for scientists to publish evidence of coronavirus transmission in pubs and questioned if it exists.

Up to 130 JDW roles ‘at risk of redundancy'

06-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has notified its entire head office workforce that a possible 110 to 130 positions are at risk of redundancy.

Rock-bottom meals at JDW ‘cheaper than supermarkets’

30-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is slashing the prices of its dishes to lower than supermarket meal deal prices as a result of the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.