The Pub Conference
Tim Martin on JDW pubs: "It can go wrong in a flash"
Tim Martin has insisted that JD Wetherspoon is not a brand and stressed that its position on the high street continues to evolve.
Archives for June 19, 2016
EU Referendum
JD Wetherspoon prints 500,000 more Brexit beer mats attacking George Osborne
JD Wetherspoon has printed another wave of Brexit beer mats for its pubs with a message for George Osborne as founder Tim Martin continues his bold campaign for his customers to vote leave this week.
Opinion
ACV pub licensee: "It's not necessarily saving a pub, it's putting a restriction on somebody else's business"
Greg Mulholland and the Otley Pub Club's blanket ACV on all the town's pubs got nationwide media attention - but one licensee argues it isn't a panacea for closures.
Pictures of celebs in underwear stolen from pub's women's toilets
A licensee is ‘really peed off’ with a thief who has been repeatedly stealing pictures of celebrities in their underwear from the women’s toilets.
Epic pubs to open new pub with rooms
Bedfordshire-based pub company Epic Pubs is to open its fourth pub, in Rutland, after an extensive refurbishment.
Scotland
New alcohol-limiting proposals branded "one step away from prohibition"
A proposal to limit the sale of alcohol at Scottish pubs has been labelled “one step away from prohibition”, amid renewed fears that licensees will become increasingly responsible for the health of customers.