04-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon has this morning unveiled like-for-like sale growth of 1.6% for its first quarter.
28-Oct-2010 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is giving customers with special dietary requirements the opportunity to plan their pub meal online.
26-Oct-2010 By Tony Halstead
As if one Wetherspoon in town wasn't enough, what do you do if a second opens up? Tony Halstead visits Stourbridge to find out.
20-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
A serious fire has closed JD Wetherspoon' flagship green pub, the Kettleby Cross in Melton Mowbray, three years after it opened. Investigations are...
Wetherspoons to lose finance director and chief operating officer
14-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon has announced that Keith Down, the group's finance director, will be leaving the company "in due course". Down joined Wetherspoons in...
30-Sep-2010 By Tim Martin
JDW founder Tim Martin has responded to the Morning Advertiser's appeal for a charter of important subjects around which the industry can unite.
Wetherspoons looks to harness Foursquare popularity with UK event
29-Sep-2010
JD Wetherspoon has agreed to provide the venue for the UK's first ever 'Super Swarm Badge', using location-based social networking site, Foursquare....
24-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub giant JD Wetherspoon has launched a real ale website featuring beer blogs and tasting notes. The wesbite, www.jdwrealale.co.uk,...
22-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
JD Wetherspoon will be the exclusive stockist for the launch of a sweet-tea based liqueur from the US. The spirit, called Jeremiah Weed, is owned by...
Another link in Wetherspoon's chain
18-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
It's easy to imagine some pub tenants cheering local councillors in Lymington for saying 'no' to JD Wetherspoon's application to open one of its pubs...
17-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek and The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on the sector to unite against the tax and regulatory burden onslaught it faces.
10-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
JDW has this morning unveiled record sales of £996.3m and a 7.3% increase in profit before tax and exceptional items of £71m, up from £66.2m.
08-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Hampshire town that was "too posh" to have an Argos store has now flagged up more than 40 reasons for not having a Wetherspoon's pub. JD...
07-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
An increase in alcohol tax will accelerate a rise in alcohol abuse fuelled by cheap supermarket alcohol, says Tim Martin.
JD Wetherspoon to create 1,000 jobs for under-18s
03-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it plans to create 1,000 new jobs for school leavers in the coming year. The group, which employs more than...
03-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says he'll throw out Diageo products if the drinks giant stands by its 'anti-pub' stance on alcohol duty. Martin...
26-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
JDW has completed a return to its spiritual trading home by buying an All Bar One site very close to its first ever pub in London's Muswell Hill.
23-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is set to open its 11th pub in Glasgow after securing a site at Queen Street station. The managed pub operator is planning to invest...
14-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Wetherspoons has unveiled like-for-like sales growth of 1.0% in the 11 weeks to 11 July 2010 and reported that its latest openings were "encouraging".
Wetherspoon scores a '0-0 draw' in World Cup trading
14-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, scored a 0-0 draw trading-wise during the recent World Cup, according to the group's finance chief. Keith...
09-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
JD Wetherspoon has issued a writ against a private property company in the latest installment of its pursuit through the courts of property firms.
15-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon has been fined more than £3,000 by magistrates for not having a registered DPS at one of its North London pubs.
Wetherspoons fined for licensing breach
15-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Managed pub giant JD Wetherspoon has been fined for breaching licensing laws at a pub in North London. At court yesterday magistrates fined the...
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
The Morning Advertiser's top 50 influential people in the pub industry.
13-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon has launched a week-long curry festival in 64 sites in the North West.
Wetherspoons warns on economic outlook
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Rising taxes, higher interest charges relating to its refinancing and "subdued consumer confidence" have prompted JD Wetherspoon to sound a note of...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has claimed back £14.9m in overpaid VAT on gaming machines in its pubs. The money has been claimed back from HM...
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is buying three hotels as part of its plan to open 50 pubs a year for the next five years. The company has...
28-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon founder tells MATV about being locked out, having the windows put in and where the name Wetherspoon came from.
28-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Over 700 JD Wetherspoon pubs opened at 7am this morning for the first time as it looks to ramp up its breakfast offer.
27-Apr-2010 By Tim Martin
The Wetherspoon boss says he is concentrating on small improvements and urges Government to take a common sense approach to pubs.
19-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is offering customers money-off vouchers on breakfast items as it prepares for 7am openings across the estate.
15-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is on course to double the size of its pub estate and treble profits, according to City analyst Paul Hichman. The analyst, who works...
01-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon plans to explicitly market its pubs as the place in which to watch the World Cup. The company is set to screen most games — and...
Wetherspoons reinstates dividends to shareholders
11-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has reinstated its dividend after more than a year of holding back payments to investors. Announcing its half year...
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...
10-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Tory MP had half a pint of bitter thrown over her during a constituency meeting held in a pub in North Yorkshire. Anne McIntosh, a shadow minister...
Wetherspoons preparing for mass maternity
03-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
There must be something in the water at a Wetherspoons pub as five members of staff are all pregnant. Kim Newstead, manager at the Swan, in Weymouth,...
'JD Wetherspoon backs time zone shift'
14-Feb-2010
'One of Britain's biggest pub chains is backing plans to move the UK into the Continental time zone - in the hope that longer, lighter evenings will...
04-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has joined the Institute of Licensing — it said it represents a chance to share best practice.
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...
City broker: don't rule out a Wetherspoons rights issue
15-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Investors should not rule out the possibility of managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon launching a rights issue in the near future, according to a City...
Wetherspoons likely to shine in 2010, says City
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has emerged as being among the companies most likely to succeed in the coming months, according to City analysts....
'Wetherspoons defends 99p pint promotion'
05-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has denied claims it is irresponsible after it revealed it is selling a pint for under a quid. Health campaigners criticised...
24-Dec-2009 By M&C Report
R Capital and JD Wetherspoon are believed to be the front-runners to acquire the 3D Entertainment business. M&C Report understands that the two...
07-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon swept the board in the Loo of the Year Awards 2009 — scooping the national awards for all four home nations.
03-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Tim Martin started with a single pub, stood behind the bar, moved himself along the difficult learning curve of running a pub badly and then better, says The PMA Team.
01-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is to open 250 pubs in the next five years — creating 10,000 new jobs in the process. The managed operator today announced plans to invest £250m on opening new outlets.
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...
24-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon is to create 100 jobs at its new pub in Torquay, following a £780,000 refurbishment project. The former Bar Med in Winter Gardens,...
