Executive John Hutson

Pub Crime

JD Wetherspoon apologises after hackers steal customers' bank details

04-Dec-2015 By Oli Gross

JD Wetherspoon has been targeted by hackers who have stolen personal details of up to 657,000 customers, with some credit and debit card details stolen.

Horsemeat scandal: Wetherspoon's tests give meals the all-clear

25-Feb-2013

JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has issued a statement confirming that tests have shown no traces of horse DNA in its meals.

Wetherspoon's reopens the Great Harry pub after riots destruction

10-Jul-2012

Just 11 months after being destroyed by fire in the riots last August, managed operator JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reopened the Great Harry in Woolwich, south London.

Tim Martin takes £19k pay cut

28-Oct-2011 By Mark Wingett

Tim Martin, chairman of managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon (JDW), took a £19,000 pay cut in 2011, according to the company’s annual report.

John Hutson clocks up 20 years with 'spoons

07-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ

JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson has celebrated his 20th anniversary with the company. Hutson kicked off his career with the managed pub...

Hutson celebrates 20 years with JDW

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....

No weak link in the JDW chain

19-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ

Presenting his company's annual results recently JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson didn't bear the look of a man whose business had just...

Wetherspoon in the market for second-hand pubs

13-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ

Buying what JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson called "second-hand pubs" is helping the managed pub group slash the cost of new openings by...

JD Wetherspoon predicts year-long sales decline

06-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ

JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson said sales across the group could decline for the next 12 months as its customers adjust to life under the...

Wetherspoon: Sales positive since ban

18-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team

Wetherspoon pubs see positive like-for-like sales since the start of English smoke ban

JDW openings will stick at 30 a year

01-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team

New JD Wetherspoon openings at about 30 per annum is likely to be the optimum level for a number of years, chief executive John Hutson has indicated....

What the Sunday papers said

22-Jan-2006

JD Wetherspoon is to put TV screens into all its 600-plus pubs, but the decision is not a move to protect sales during the World Cup. Chief executive...