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JD Wetherspoon (JDW) founder Tim Martin has lambasted claims made by a journalist Owen Jones from The Guardian, who criticised the wages the pub group pays.
JD Wetherspoon employees have formed a group to protest the pubco chairman’s advocacy of a no-deal Brexit within his pubs, arguing “migrants don’t drive down wages; but wealthy, exploitative bosses like Tim Martin do”.
JD Wetherspoon provided an update on trading figures and founder and chairman Tim Martin’s health issues during a statement covering the 13 weeks to 28 October.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said increasing pay and abolishing employees' benefits and shares would not be helpful to staff, as employees from two pubs take strike action today (Thursday 4 October).
Pubco giant JD Wetherspoon has confirmed staff at two pubs in Brighton will hold a ballot for industrial action, calling for higher wages and union recognition.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on pub and restaurant operators to support a UK-wide Tax Equality Day on 13 September to tackle "inequality and unfairness" in the tax system.
A new 6,500sq ft venue, to be operated by JD Wetherspoon, is to open this autumn in London’s St Pancras International rail station during its 150th year.
Wetherspoon has pursued a strategy of agreeing “virtually no open-market rent reviews” in past 16 to 17 years to avoid rent hikes brought about by the rise of casual dining, according to the pub company's founder Tim Martin.
High street pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is to close all Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts for its individual sites and head office with "immediate effect", as the pub giant loses faith in social media.
JD Wetherspoon staff are celebrating hitting a £15m fundraising target in support of cancer charity CLIC Sargent since the start of the pubco's partnership with the charity in 2002.
Along with two major brewing companies, JD Wetherspoon has been certified as a Top Employer in the United Kingdom for 2018 – its 15th consecutive year in a row.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin made claims against the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) in the pub giant’s second quarter trading update – which yielded better-than-expected sales and underlying profit...
In a revealing interview on BBC Radio 4, the chairman of JD Wetherspoon spoke about his early career, Brexit, day-to-day business, and admitted some of his best bar staff are “quite grumpy”.
JD Wetherspoon has issued a new beer mat highlighting its support of the British fishing industry and accusing business chiefs of misleading the public on soaring food prices after Brexit.
A spoof JD Wetherspoon account on Twitter has sparked outrage after falsely announcing that the pub chain would not allow its staff to wear a remembrance poppy while at work.
JD Wetherspoon’s chairman said he is considering looking at suppliers outside the EU due to the “current posturing and threats” by Brexit negotiators, who need to “wise up”.
