JD Wetherspoon

Martin: calling time on Gordie

Tim Martin: Gordon Brown is the slops

By Ewan Turney

Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has called for the British public to kick Gordon Brown out of office. Martin told The Sun the Prime Minister was like...

Wetherspoon: money back from VAT man

JDW nets £14.9m machine tax refund

By Ewan Turney

Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has claimed back £14.9m in overpaid VAT on gaming machines in its pubs. The money has been claimed back from HM...

JD Wetherspoon: hotel openings

JDW snaps up three hotels

By The PMA Team

Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is buying three hotels as part of its plan to open 50 pubs a year for the next five years. The company has...

Video: Tim Martin on his first pub

Video: Tim Martin on his first pub

By Ewan Turney

JD Wetherspoon founder tells MATV about being locked out, having the windows put in and where the name Wetherspoon came from.

JDW: According to an analyst it will grow its estate to 1,500 sites.

Analyst: Wetherspoon to double pub estate

By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon is on course to double the size of its pub estate and treble profits, according to City analyst Paul Hichman. The analyst, who works...

Wetherspoon: plans for World Cup

Wetherspoon to show World Cup

By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon plans to explicitly market its pubs as the place in which to watch the World Cup. The company is set to screen most games — and...

Martin: great efforts of staff paid off

Record profits for Wetherspoon

By Ewan Turney

JD Wetherspoon has reported record first half profits, successfully carried out a refinancing deal and reinstated a dividend. The 746-strong managed...

Anne McIntosh: regular meetings at the Wetherspoon pub in Thirsk

Bitter bother for Tory MP at Wetherspoons

By Gemma McKenna

A Tory MP had half a pint of bitter thrown over her during a constituency meeting held in a pub in North Yorkshire. Anne McIntosh, a shadow minister...

Chicago Rock: 3D bar brand

JDW and private equity firm eye 3D

By M&C Report

R Capital and JD Wetherspoon are believed to be the front-runners to acquire the 3D Entertainment business. M&C Report understands that the two...

Charity: JDW is still setting the benchmark for others

JDW's amazing 30-year journey

By The PMA Team

Tim Martin started with a single pub, stood behind the bar, moved himself along the difficult learning curve of running a pub badly and then better, says The PMA Team.

Martin: expansion plans

10,000 new pub jobs at JD Wetherspoon

By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon is to open 250 pubs in the next five years — creating 10,000 new jobs in the process. The managed operator today announced plans to invest £250m on opening new outlets.

Pub classic: steak and kidney pudding for £3.99

'Comfort' menu from JDW

By Jo Bruce

JD Wetherspoon's new menu focuses on British comfort dishes and bigger portions. The menu, out on 30 September, features new dishes including steak...

Charity: top 10 tips to learn from JDW

Where Wetherspoon wins

By The PMA Team

Wetherspoon's results show that there's an awful lot that the pub chain is doing right — what can we learn from it?

ID checks: now common place

26-year-old irate over Wetherspoon ID checks

By John Harrington

A 26 year-old woman has written to her MP complaining of being thrown out of a Wetherspoons pub because one person in her group had no ID. MP Lynne...

GMB says beer tie is forcing up prices

Tied pub pint can be 80p more than JDW

By Ewan Turney

The price of a pint of lager in a tied pub can be up to 80p more than a pint in a JD Wetherspoon managed house, according to a new GMB study....

Tim Martin

JD Wetherspoon sees profits jump

By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon has unveiled a 13.6% rise in profit before tax of £66.2m as the company opened 39 pubs and saw like-for-likes for the rest of the...

JDW: committed to staff training

JDW ramps up training programme

By Ewan Turney

JD Wetherspoon is the first pub company to commit to the Government's skills pledge initiative. The pledge is a voluntary, public commitment to...

Wetherspoon: price hike to cover cost increases

JDW pub reported over price hikes

By Ewan Turney

A JD Wetherspoon pub in York has been reported to Trading Standards for raising its prices during a racing festival. The Postern Gate in Picadilly...

Coors Light: on the way out at JDW outlets

JDW replaces Coors with Carlsberg

By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon is planning to replace key Coors draught products with Carlsberg draught products on 17 September. Industry sources suggest that the...

JDW: ditched pub plans

JDW abandons £1.4m pub plan

By Gemma McKenna

JD Wetherspoon has decided to abandon a £1.4m pub development in Blackpool. The chain had secured planning permission in 2006 to open a new bar...

Man is banned from all JDW pubs

20-year-old gets nationwide Wetherspoon ban

By The PMA Team

A judge has imposed a nationwide ban on a 20-year-old Waltham Abbey, Essex, going into any Wetherspoons pub following an incident in Harlow last...

J.D Wetherspoon

Wetherspoon re-opens Newport Walkabout

By The PMA Team

Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is re-opening the former Walkabout in Newport as a pub and hotel with 29 en-suite bedrooms today. The company has...

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