14-Dec-2012
JD Wetherspoon was once again flushed with success after a clean sweep at Snifter’s favourite awards ceremony, the Loo of the Year Awards 2012.
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.
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,...
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...
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....
07-Dec-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Amanda Baker, owner of the Jolly Cricketers, talks book signings, home-made dog biscuits and JDW's John Hutson with Noli Dinkovski.
10-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Under-performance among staff in a company is often down to a lack of support and training, says The PMA Team.
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
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Wetherspoons: 'We want to sell more breakfasts than McDonalds'
11-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
John Hutson, JD Wetherspoon chief executive, said today he wants the managed pub group to ultimately sell more breakfasts than McDonalds. While his...
JD Wetherspoon rules out rights issue
20-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon boss John Hutson has scotched speculation in the City that the managed pub group might launch a rights issue in the near future to...
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...
Hundreds of towns ripe for our pubs, says JD Wetherspoon
11-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon has the potential to open pubs in hundreds of towns up and down the country, the group's chief executive John Hutson said today. The...
John Hutson
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
John Hutson chief executive, JD Wetherspoon (10) Why he is on the list: In day-to-day charge of Britain's best-known and most charismatic pub company...
Wetherspoons strikes deal to avoid licence reviews in Oldham
28-May-2009 By James Wilmore
JD Wetherspoon has struck a deal with Oldham Council meaning it will avoid having to face licence reviews at its two pubs in the town. The council...
Tough at the top
23-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
Whenever managed pubco JD Wetherspoon announces its results you can bet your last beermat the group's founder and chairman Tim Martin will pop up...
JDW's £4m clear-up
03-Apr-2008
JD Wetherspoon is to invest £4m in extra staff for peak trading times after repeated complaints about uncleared tables. Founder Tim Martin has...
Wethering the storm
17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
It is fair to say that when a UK-wide ban on smoking in pubs was first mooted three years ago many observers expected JD Wetherspoon would be hit by...
What's happening... at JD Wetherspoon
13-Mar-2008
by The PMA Team Lloyd's holds its own Fears that Lloyds No 1, the 100-strong offshoot that plays music, would be hit harder by the smoke ban than...
Too early to judge Tory alcohol tax proposals
07-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
It is too early to assess the implications of tax proposals on alcohol being put forward by the Conservative party, JD Wetherspoon chief executive...
Business Opinion
13-Sep-2007 By with The PMA Team
Mood buoyant on JDW results day If you were looking for a single word to describe the mood of JD Wetherspoon (JDW) management on results day last...
JDW boss criticises joint drink promos
06-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
JD Wetherspoon CEO John Hutson has criticised police attempts to harmonise drinks promotions at bars in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Police asked four...
18-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Wetherspoon pubs see positive like-for-like sales since the start of English smoke ban
17-May-2007 By with The PMA Team
Experience has got to be worth something, hasn't it? Some observers scoffed when JD Wetherspoon took a hit to its sales after founder Tim Martin decided the entire estate would go non-smoking early.
JDW takes on the supermarkets with chilled investment
02-Mar-2007
JD Wetherspoon is combating the rise of the supermarkets by investing in chilled beer across its 662-strong estate.Up to £20m has been invested to...
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....
Value for money?
12-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
2007 is likely to be one busy year for the pub industry. Following hot on the heels of the roll-out of the Licensing Act, the introduction of...
14-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has set its sights on ramping up its opening programme once the impact of the English smoking ban has settled down in a couple of...
JDW out of ideas' analyst claims
28-Oct-2004
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon, which is due to give a trading update next week, may well report its first ever six-month period of static sales...
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...
Dear John
01-Mar-2004
When JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin went on a six-month sabbatical last year, managing director John Hutson was left holding the baby. Lorna Harrison...
Hutson warns of regulatory issues
27-Nov-2003
by Tony Halstead The threat of a smoking ban and new disability rights are the main challenges facing licensees inthe next two years, Federation of...
JDW varies range with global beers
09-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team Managed operator JD Wether-spoon has launched a range of "global beers" in an attempt to "add interest" for its customers. And the...
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...
