Licensees glory in Wetherspoon smoking ban
27-Jan-2005
JD Wetherspoon plans to introduce a smoking ban have been welcomed by other licensees - because it could mean more trade for them.The chain is to...
JDW's rise in sales fails to impress City
27-Jan-2005
by The PMA Team Managed operator JD Wether-spoon has reported a slight improvement in trading during its 12-week second quarter with like-for-like...
First smoke-free site for JDW
13-Jan-2005
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is opening its first non-smoking pub in the UK this Sunday at its new outlet in Exeter The pub, George's Meeting...
Bosses air mixed views on proposals
25-Nov-2004
The news of the smoking ban has received a mixed reception from pubco bosses with some generally satisfied, some angry and others simply...
U-turn on price cuts as JDW sees margins fall
18-Nov-2004
by The PMA Team High street operator JD Wetherspoon has performed a U-turn and increased its prices in an attempt to boost its margins. The price...
Survival of the fittest
21-Oct-2004
With tough times on the high street continuing, consolidation looks a certainty in the managed-house sector. GRAHAM RIDOUT reports on how the...
Yates takes JDW to trading standards
07-Oct-2004
High Street bar operator Yates Group has reported JD Wetherspoon to 16 different trading standards officers in the past week over mistakes in...
No pain no gain
09-Sep-2004
Ditching discounted doubles costJD Wetherspoon sales. But will its riskyremedy to reduce prices prove the cure?The PMA Team reports What's the...
JDW takes a dip in the deep end
09-Sep-2004
by Mark Stretton, editor The appraisals for JD Wetherspoon came thick and fast: the company was ex-growth; in a strategic cul-de-sac; a one-trick...
Wetherspoon's goes big on ale
22-Apr-2004
by Tony Halsteadand The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is to double the length of its annual beer festival to a fortnight. The festival, which starts on 4...
JDW under fire after poach' note
01-Apr-2004
A Hertfordshire licensee has branded Wetherspoon's chiefs "worse than double-glazing salesmen" after the pub giant attempted to poach his staff....
JD Wetherspoon has moved with alacrity to avoid any danger o
25-Mar-2004
The move also indicates how fundamentally the world of licensed retailing has changed in the past fortnight with the publication of new Portman Group...
Price gap of drinks is closing'
18-Mar-2004
A survey of drink prices at pubs operated by large companies seems to prove claims that the gap between the cheapest and most expensive has closed in...
Lloyds sales figures?: We're saying nothing'
11-Mar-2004
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has revealed he is going to work part-time next month when he returns from a six-month sabbatical. The PMA Team looks...
JDW expands trial of TV sport
04-Mar-2004
JD Wetherspoon has massively expanded its TV sports trial in time to show Euro 2004 matches in the summer. About 80 pubs now have TV facilities 30...
Tim Martin to take back seat at JD Wetherspoon
03-Mar-2004
Tim Martin is set to take a back seat at JD Wetherspoon by becoming non-executive chairman.When he returns from a six month sabbatical at the end of...
JDW weathers Martin's six-month break
21-Jan-2004
Tim Martin has apparently done little travelling during his six month sabbatical from high street pub group JD Wetherspoon.The founder and chairman...
Wetherspoon wins top toilet awards
16-Dec-2003
JD Wetherspoon has won three top awards in the pubs and clubs category of the Loo of the Year competition 2003.The Society Rooms in Stalybridge...
Lloyds No 1 bars take centre stage
30-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon's junior brand, Lloyds No 1, will dominate the new opening programme in the run-up to Christmas with six out of seven...
JD Wetherspoon pub customers criticised
16-Sep-2003
JD Wetherspoon has pledged to take action after a school complained drinkers at one of its bars were intimidating pupils and parents.The series of...
WETHERSPOON PUBS in TV sports TRIAL
11-Sep-2003
by Tony Halstead and The PMA Team Trials of big-screen televisions showing sport have begun in 21 pubs across JD Wetherspoon's national estate in a...
Wetherspoon profits up despite cutback in openings
05-Sep-2003
JD Wetherspoon has grown sales despite halving its number of new pub openings.The pub operator's pre-tax profits for the year to July 27 were...
Profits on course says Wetherspoon
01-Aug-2003
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has moved to reassure shareholders that profits are on track after one of the choppiest trading years in the group's...
JDW piqued in spat over Bacardi rum
24-Jul-2003
A spat is developing between Bacardi and JD Wetherspoon after the latter's decision to de-list the white rum brand. JD Wetherspoon, which has now...
JDW gets cold feet over £3.3m Dublin venture
24-Jul-2003
By Tony Halstead and The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon has pulled out of a scheme to develop a £3.3m pub in Dublin city centre in a major change of...
Victory for JDW in three-year dispute
12-Jun-2003
JD Wetherspoon has won a three-year battle with planners and conservationists to develop an historic north Yorkshire pub. Councillors at Skipton have...
Concerns grow for JD Wetherspoon
09-Jun-2003
Concerns are growing in the City over the strategic direction of JD Wetherspoon, according to The Sunday Times newspaper.A report says that after two...
17 John Hutson,
29-May-2003
managing director, JD Wetherspoon (new entry) Hutson is seen as the man who makes things happen at JD Wetherspoon. Chairman Tim spends a good deal of...
JDW denies being party poopers'
22-May-2003
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has defended a decision by one of its managers, who threatened to bar a group of girls when they started to sing "happy...
Wetherspoon hit by slowing sales
07-May-2003
JD Wetherspoon has been hit by slowing sales following price rises in its 630-strong managed estate.The pub operator, best known for its cheap...
JDW to sell 17 pubs
03-Apr-2003
JD Wetherspoon is to sell 17 bottom-end suburban pubs in the largest-ever disposal of properties by the managed chain. The 17 pubs 12 freeholds...
Thugs close Wetherspoon pub
27-Mar-2003
Talks are being held between the police and JD Wetherspoon after the company's biggest venue in Scotland was forced to shut when football hooligans...
Reform to deal a crucial hand
20-Mar-2003
Mike Bennett examines the impact of the Gaming Bill which is tipped to radically change a £25bn industry The long-awaited decision by the Government...
Tax rises restrict JDW openings to 50 pubs
13-Mar-2003
By The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon has reduced the number of pub openings planned for this year to 50 compared to 87 just last year as a result of...
JDW managers hit salary super-league
13-Mar-2003
Six pub management couples at JD Wetherspoon have entered the salary super-league by earning £100,000 last year. The average single manager earned...
Running hard but moving ever slower
13-Mar-2003
Sales only slightly up while fixed costs leap ahead. For JD Wetherspoon, the bellwether of the managed sector, those have been the realities of life...
JDW fined £5,000 for short pints
27-Feb-2003
Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to remind all its managers of the need to top-up pints after being fined a total of £5,000 for serving up short pints...
JDW PIONEERS early drinks
13-Feb-2003
by Richard Matthews and The PMA Team Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has won the right to serve alcohol at 10am at around one third of its 630 pubs with...
Merry Christmas for JD Wetherspoon
14-Jan-2003
High street discounter JD Wetherspoon last week unveiled Christmas and New Year figures showing 4.2 per cent rise in like-for-like sales figures, a...
Food sales up for JD Wetherspoon
06-Dec-2002
Food sales are on the up at award-winning pub chain JD Wetherspoon while its infamous cheap drinks have proved less popular.The company, which was...
Martin squares up to supermarkets
07-Nov-2002
By The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin is aiming to "rough-up" the supermarkets in a new marketing campaign which undercuts Sainsbury's on...
JDW set to open 500 Lloyd's No.1
05-Mar-2002
Pub retailer JD Wetherspoon says it will take its Lloyds No.1 offering to 500 outlets over the next 10 years.Since the managed house operator bought...
Pub boss slams Wetherspoon's pricing strategy
31-Jan-2002
Tony Brooks, director of the Head of Steam pub group, has attacked JD Wetherspoon's pricing strategy as "immoral" and "socially irresponsible".Mr...
What the Sunday papers say - 11 November
12-Nov-2001
Sunday BusinessNomura has put Inn Partnerships, one of three pub companies it owns, up for sale for an estimated £500m. Guy Hands, head of Nomura's...
Sales soar at JD Wetherspoon
08-Nov-2001
JD Wetherspoon has reported a 27 per cent rise in sales for its first financial quarter compared with the same period last year.Despite the adverse...
JD Wetherspoon campaign sparks off a holy row
21-Jun-2001
A JD Wetherspoon Sunday drinks promotion, which uses images of beer bottles with halos and wings, has received heavy criticism from church...
JD Wetherspoon Plc
23-May-2001
JD Wetherspoon is a victim of its own success. It is coming under pressure to prove that it can continue with the excellent growth rate that has made...
fresh faced
15-Mar-2001
The dream of running your own pub almost certainly focuses heavily on a traditional country local with wooden beams, stone floors and a garden...
