JD Wetherspoon

JD Wetherspoon raises £15m for young cancer patients

26-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

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.

Is JD Wetherspoon the best pubco to work for in the UK?

01-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

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.

Tim Martin accuses CBI and BRC of ‘trying to fool the public and MPs’

24-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

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...

Tim Martin hits back over Pete Brown's Brexit beer mat slam

09-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has hit back over The Morning Advertiser columnist Pete Brown chastising the pub giant's Brexit beer mats.

Pete Brown opinion: I'm voting with my feet over Wetherspoon's beer mats

03-Jan-2018 By Pete Brown

With Brexit entering a new phase of negotiation, Pete Brown bares his soul and reveals why he won’t be visiting his local Wetherspoons any time soon

JDW slashes drinks prices for January

02-Jan-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is having a January sale and reducing prices across its drinks range this month.

JD Wetherspoon: 'We're not trying to kill off smaller pubs'

06-Dec-2017 By Georgina Townshend

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”.

New Wetherspoon beer mat flags 'big business scare story'

04-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

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.

JD Wetherspoon is ‘ready to leave the EU’, says its chairman

08-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin says the company is “now ready to leave the EU” as it believes there is “almost no preparation required”.

Wetherspoon launches beer mat manifesto for Brexit

01-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett

JD Wetherspoon has placed 500,000 beer mats in its 895 pubs, calling for the UK parliament to back its three-point Brexit manifesto.

JDW slams Twitter claim it will stop staff wearing poppies

27-Oct-2017 By Claire Churchard

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.

‘Traditional’ Christmas dinner still off Wetherspoon's menu

19-Oct-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) will not be offering ‘traditional’ Christmas dinners on its menus for the second year in a row.

JD Wetherspoon could switch to non-EU suppliers

15-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

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”.

JD Wetherspoon boss: VAT ‘militates against pubs’

13-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Pubs are being penalised unfairly by VAT on food and drink, according to JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin.

JD Wetherspoon turns to planning inspectorate over Leeds planning application saga

11-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Negotiations for a new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) site in Leeds have turned sour after council members deferred the pubco’s planning application for a third time in a year