JD Wetherspoon

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

JDW to slash prices for Tax Equality Day

11-Sep-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is cutting the prices of food and drink at its 900 sites by 7.5% on Wednesday 20 September to highlight the benefit that a VAT reduction would bring to the trade.

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.