JD Wetherspoon

JDW will be first pub chain to show drinks calories

19-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Calorie information for all pub giant JD Wetherspoon’s (JDW) drinks will be shown on its menu and website for the first time from next month.

JD Wetherspoon takes top brand spot

05-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has been ranked the highest on a YouGov BrandIndex poll as the best operator of pubs or fast-food chains in the UK.

Gallery: pub openings January 2017

02-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at the newest pub openings and refurbishments across the UK.

JDW pub refuses to serve football fans

18-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

JD Wetherspoon has apologised to football fans who were refused service at a Staffordshire pub.

Tim Martin calls EU predictions 'catastrophically poor'

18-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has accused economists, politicians and intellectuals of failing to understand the implications of leaving the EU, while JD Wetherspoon reports positive results.

Food

JD Wetherspoon apologises to 'disgusted' customer for 'half' eaten dish

11-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

JD Wetherspoon has apologised for not replacing a woman’s dish that had been already partially eaten by another customer.

Training

JDW apologises for wrongly ejecting disabled customer

09-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

JDW has apologised to a multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferer after one of its doorstaff threw him out after accusing him of being drunk.

Openings

December 2016 pub openings

03-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at new openings and pub facelifts in the last month of 2016.

JDW

2017 predictions: JDW boss slams BBPA Brexit warnings

16-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has hit back at BBPA chief executive Brigid Simmonds following her claims that Brexit and its consequences will be the main challenge for the sector next year.

Pest control

Mouse spotted in JDW pub

08-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Pest-control operators were called to a JDW pub in Kent after a mouse was seen scurrying across the floor.

Opinion

'Taxes killing pubs while supermarkets surge'

22-Nov-2016 By Tim Martin

Two taxes in particular are killing pubs according to Tim Martin: business rates and VAT. Here the JD Wetherspoon chairman has his say on the situation...

JDW vs Travellers

JDW agrees £44k settlement for travellers refused entry to pub

18-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Travellers who were controversially refused entry to one of JD Wetherspoon’s London pubs in November 2011 have reached an out-of-court settlement with the pub giant.