21-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon spent about £50,000 on legal and other fees preparing to defend itself at an aborted licence review for one of its pubs that failed...
01-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon has been named as one of Britain's Top Employers of 2011 for the eighth year running. The accolade is based on independent research...
30-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
JD Wetherspoon has been praised for its corporate responsibility strategy for the eleventh year in a row. The pubco is included in the...
18-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has invested just under £6.5m over the last week in buying back 1.54m of its own shares for cancellation....
16-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has accused the Government of driving drinkers out of pubs through a combination of continual price hikes and...
15-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has renewed its contract with customer service improvement firm Retail Eyes for a further two years. Retail Eyes...
14-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is holding a 19-day international beer festival at its pubs from next week featuring up to 50 ales from the UK and other countries....
11-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon has reported an 11% decline in first half pre-tax profit to £32.2m, which it said was due to increased interest charges.
Wetherspoon to target rural communities
11-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Live and work in a rural community? Then a Wetherspoon pub could be opening up near you, if the managed operator has its way. John Hutson,...
02-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon re-opened the former Blu Bambu nigtclub in Sunderland yesterday after a £1.2m investment — and is believed to have...
10-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has started to employ "spotters" to identify under-age drinkers that have slipped through the net at its pubs. They are being...
25-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is buying a hotel with 18 bedrooms in the Welsh town of Ruthin, which has a population of just over 5,000. Observers claim this is...
Wetherspoons warns on rising costs
19-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has warned that despite an "encouraging" performance from its newly-opened pubs, rising supply costs and...
'Wetherspoon chief joins chorus of disapproval over rates plan'
17-Jan-2011
Tim Martin, chairman of pubs group JD Wetherspoon, has added his voice to the criticism of the Scottish Government's proposed "supermarket tax". The...
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson is celebrating 20 years with the company as the longest serving employee, aside from chairman Tim Martin....
24-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon is not re-running its 99p pint deal in its January Sale next month, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. Next year's sale will see...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has been crowned overall winner of the Loo of the Year Awards 2010.
Wetherspoons makes top 100 companies
29-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Managed chain JD Wetherspoons has emerged as the only pubco to make it into a list revealing the UK's most customer friendly companies. In a survey...
Wetherspoons unveils new pub near first ever site
22-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon has opened a new pub in North London's Crouch End, not far from Muswell Hill, where it opened its first pub back in 1979. Managed by...
16-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Reading Council could act as an advocate for JDW if its procedures are called into question by other authorities — in a scheme to cut red tape.
Wetherspoons hopes to cut red tape with council link-up
16-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
JD Wetherspoon has signed up to a "groundbreaking" partnership with a local council, designed to cut red tape for the managed chain across the UK....
Support for Wetherspoons' breakfast move
10-Nov-2010
Managed group JD Wetherspoon has ditched the uniform opening of pubs at 7am and introduced more flexible breakfast hours - in line with other...
08-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon has moved to open later for breakfast at around 70% of its sites. The company began opening for breakfast at 7am...
04-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon has this morning unveiled like-for-like sale growth of 1.6% for its first quarter.
28-Oct-2010 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is giving customers with special dietary requirements the opportunity to plan their pub meal online.
26-Oct-2010 By Tony Halstead
As if one Wetherspoon in town wasn't enough, what do you do if a second opens up? Tony Halstead visits Stourbridge to find out.
20-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
A serious fire has closed JD Wetherspoon' flagship green pub, the Kettleby Cross in Melton Mowbray, three years after it opened. Investigations are...
Wetherspoons to lose finance director and chief operating officer
14-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon has announced that Keith Down, the group's finance director, will be leaving the company "in due course". Down joined Wetherspoons in...
30-Sep-2010 By Tim Martin
JDW founder Tim Martin has responded to the Morning Advertiser's appeal for a charter of important subjects around which the industry can unite.
Wetherspoons looks to harness Foursquare popularity with UK event
29-Sep-2010
JD Wetherspoon has agreed to provide the venue for the UK's first ever 'Super Swarm Badge', using location-based social networking site, Foursquare....
24-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub giant JD Wetherspoon has launched a real ale website featuring beer blogs and tasting notes. The wesbite, www.jdwrealale.co.uk,...
22-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
JD Wetherspoon will be the exclusive stockist for the launch of a sweet-tea based liqueur from the US. The spirit, called Jeremiah Weed, is owned by...
Another link in Wetherspoon's chain
18-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
It's easy to imagine some pub tenants cheering local councillors in Lymington for saying 'no' to JD Wetherspoon's application to open one of its pubs...
17-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek and The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on the sector to unite against the tax and regulatory burden onslaught it faces.
10-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
JDW has this morning unveiled record sales of £996.3m and a 7.3% increase in profit before tax and exceptional items of £71m, up from £66.2m.
08-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Hampshire town that was "too posh" to have an Argos store has now flagged up more than 40 reasons for not having a Wetherspoon's pub. JD...
07-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
An increase in alcohol tax will accelerate a rise in alcohol abuse fuelled by cheap supermarket alcohol, says Tim Martin.
JD Wetherspoon to create 1,000 jobs for under-18s
03-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it plans to create 1,000 new jobs for school leavers in the coming year. The group, which employs more than...
03-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to create 1,000 new jobs for 16 and 17 year-olds in the next 12 months. Last year, Wetherspoon announced it would...
03-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says he'll throw out Diageo products if the drinks giant stands by its 'anti-pub' stance on alcohol duty. Martin...
26-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
JDW has completed a return to its spiritual trading home by buying an All Bar One site very close to its first ever pub in London's Muswell Hill.
23-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is set to open its 11th pub in Glasgow after securing a site at Queen Street station. The managed pub operator is planning to invest...
02-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
JD Wetherspoon has just bought a pub in Cornwall, and confirmed that two more sites will be opening in August. JDW bought the freehold of the Corn...
14-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Wetherspoons has unveiled like-for-like sales growth of 1.0% in the 11 weeks to 11 July 2010 and reported that its latest openings were "encouraging".
Wetherspoon scores a '0-0 draw' in World Cup trading
14-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, scored a 0-0 draw trading-wise during the recent World Cup, according to the group's finance chief. Keith...
09-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon has issued a writ against a private property company in the latest installment of its pursuit through the courts of property firms.
15-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon has been fined more than £3,000 by magistrates for not having a registered DPS at one of its North London pubs.
Wetherspoons fined for licensing breach
15-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Managed pub giant JD Wetherspoon has been fined for breaching licensing laws at a pub in North London. At court yesterday magistrates fined the...
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
The Morning Advertiser's top 50 influential people in the pub industry.
13-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon has launched a week-long curry festival in 64 sites in the North West.
