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JD Wetherspoon focused on increasing pre-tax profits and free cash-flow rather than margins, says Tim Martin

14-May-2013 By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is focused is on increasing pre-tax profits and free cash-flow rather than margins, chairman Tim Martin has told M&C Report.

Record profits for Wetherspoon

11-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

JD Wetherspoon has reported record first half profits, successfully carried out a refinancing deal and reinstated a dividend. The 746-strong managed...

Wetherspoons to create 10,000 jobs through new pub openings

01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin says the pub group has already started work on developing many of the 250 new pub sites it hopes to open over the...

Greene King buys 11 Punch pubs

09-Jun-2009

Greene King has agreed a deal to buy 11 freehold managed pubs from Punch Taverns for £30.4 million, more than £2m below their total book value....

JD Wetherspoon reports profit slump

05-Sep-2008 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 4.3% drop in like-for-like bar sales for the full year and an 11.4% slump in annual pre-tax profits. There...

JDW delays conversion of pubs to no-smoking

05-May-2005 By The PMA Team

The plan to open 60 non-smoking pubs at JD Wetherspoon will be delayed by a couple of months as the company "learns lessons" on the non-smoking pubs...