JD Wetherspoon

Large pub chains at risk of serious financial damage

01-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs face twin risks from consumer weakness and rising input costs, leading global banking giant HSBC to downgrade its ratings for JD Wetherspoon and Greene King last week.

Pest control called to JDW pub after maggots fall from ceiling

23-Aug-2017 By James Beeson

A Kent pub was forced to partially close on Tuesday (22 August) after maggots started to fall from its ceiling.

Would you let customers charge their phones behind the bar?

14-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Following national reports that JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has banned customers from charging their phones behind the bar of its pubs, The Morning Advertiser spoke with licensees about their policies on the issue.

JD Wetherspoon denies paying its staff below the minimum wage

27-Jul-2017 By Fred A'Court

JD Wetherspoon has denied it pays some of its staff below the national minimum rate.

JDW pub kitchen forced to shut after ‘pests’ found in nearby bins

26-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pests, thought to be maggots were discovered in nearby bins to a JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub in Gloucestershire, forcing the kitchen to close temporarily.

Huddersfield pub aims to take JD Wetherspoon’s ‘biggest UK pub’ title

20-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A new pub in Huddersfield believes it can beat JD Wetherspoon’s claim to have the biggest boozer in the UK.

Charity chairman demands apology after pub ejection

19-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

A cancer patient has criticised pub giant JD Wetherspoon after being thrown out of the group's Liverpool sites for “touting” and demands an apology.

Wetherspoon’s Tim Martin featured in pro-Brexit poster

14-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A pro-Brexit campaign group has used a poster of JD Wetherspoon’s chairman Tim Martin in front of a Union Jack toasting the message “Brexit gloomsters should put a sock in it”.

Armed police praise JD Wetherspoon staff following ‘gun discovery’

04-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Police have praised the staff members of a Southampton JD Wetherspoon pub after armed officers rushed to the site following reports of a man with a gun.