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Surge in Guinness popularity fuels JD Wetherspoon sales

Sales have increased by 5.2% at the UK and Ireland pub chain

Wed May 08 2024 - 10:10

JD Wetherspoon records eightfold increase in profit as costs subside

Pub giant announced plans to sell its regional Irish network for €10m in October, and has five pubs in Dublin

Fri Mar 22 2024 - 09:41

Wetherspoon posts higher sales on resilient demand

Pub and hotel chain returns to profit after three years of pandemic-related losses

Fri Oct 06 2023 - 09:13

Wetherspoon aims to break even this year amid cost pressures

Shares shed 4% of value as market turns wary on rising cost profile

Wed May 04 2022 - 16:36

Why ‘shrinkflation’ means you are paying the same for less

From fewer sheets in a toilet roll to cheaper menu ingredients - the race to protect margins

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 11:41

Wetherspoon points to first-half loss as Omicron curbs bite

Advice to limit social contacts before Christmas hit pubs and restaurants

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 08:22

British pub group JD Wetherspoon to open new €4m outlet in Silicon Docks

Food-focused South Strand pub to open on Hanover Quay in Dublin

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 17:56

Wetherspoon to invest £145m in new pubs and upgrades

Total of 18 new pubs to open and ‘significant extensions and upgrades’ will be made

Tue Mar 30 2021 - 08:51

Wetherspoon raises concerns about pub industry’s future

Chairman Tim Martin critical of UK government’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 08:21

Pub group taps shareholders for £350m as sales dry up

Mitchells & Butlers, backed by John Magnier and JP McManus, plans share placing

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 08:18

Pub group Wetherspoon taps investors for second time in pandemic

Group plans to raise around £93m through a share placing as it faces uncertainty over the length of the current lockdown restrictions

Tue Jan 19 2021 - 19:17

News of Pfizer vaccine approval in UK lifts markets

Shares in partner company BioNTech surged 5.6 per cent

Wed Dec 02 2020 - 20:29

Wetherspoon’s first-quarter sales slump on fresh Covid-19 curbs

Sales down more than 27% and company says that 756 of its pubs are now closed

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 13:44

Wetherspoon to cut jobs after plunging to annual loss

Tim Martin calls on the UK to adopt the Swedish model for tackling coronavirus

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 08:14

Wetherspoon warns of annual loss and need to obtain loan waivers

Sales down sharply compared to last year due to Covid-19, near-900 pub operator says

Mon Aug 24 2020 - 07:59

Wetherspoon talks of June reopening despite no lockdown exit plan

Controversial pub group founder Tim Martin was vocal opponent of pandemic measures

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 19:30

Wetherspoon's plan for pub in Dublin's Grand Canal Dock on hold

UK chain secures planning permission for Hanover Quay pub with noise conditions but plans on hold due to coronavirus lockdown

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 19:50

Wetherspoon’s panto-villain chairman may have the last laugh

Tim Martin has committed a series of faux pas as the coronavirus crisis has unfolded

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 05:30

Public outrage turns to joggers as London adjusts to social distancing

London Letter: Shift in government’s approach to coronavirus has eased public anxiety – a little

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 21:00

Brexit Day bloc party in Westminster descends into a warped Eurovision

Patrick Freyne: Nigel Farage and a cabaret artiste help usher the UK into its new era

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 01:15

Pub operator J D Wetherspoon posts strong holiday-quarter sales

Founder Tim Martin continues to rail against Brexit and corporate governance rules

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 10:39

Wetherspoons plans £200m investment in Britain, Ireland

Company said it will invest in Dublin and Waterford as it pours money into expansion

Tue Dec 10 2019 - 17:31

Wetherspoon boss raises glass to Brexit and middle finger to corporate code

Code stuffs boards with directors who know little about their companies, says Tim Martin

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 05:45

JD Wetherspoon acquires Grand Canal Dock pub

Property put up for sale in June with price tag of €5.5m

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 11:49

Voters opt to forgo tax cuts but Christmas bonus will survive

Seen & heard: Wetherspoon boss plans Irish expansion as Dolan bids to buy Coppers

Sun Sept 15 2019 - 12:12

Wetherspoon’s chief claims no-deal Brexit will not hit the poor

Tim Martin, chairman of pub chain, attacks Tory rebels and House of Commons speaker

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 08:49

Wetherspoon’s bucks bad weather and no World Cup with sales rise

Pub chain’s ‘stack ’em high, sell ’em cheap’ policy brings 6.9% growth over the summer

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 08:30

Pub contract gives royal carpet maker a less than luxurious image

Renowned Axminster Carpets became linked with JD Wetherspoon’s 900-strong pub chain

Tue May 28 2019 - 05:27

Brexit: The long walk to promised land of an independent Britain

Hardcore Brexiteers remain steadfast on Sunderland to London Leave Means Leave march

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 19:53

JD Wetherspoon warns on profit amid rising costs

UK pubs chain issues trading update, which takes shine off stellar sales

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 07:25

Reinvented toilets, Amazon’s HQ search and San Francisco’s ‘homeless tax’

Planet Business: A big week for US politics, sewerless sanitation and Wetherspoon

Fri Nov 09 2018 - 07:21

Wetherspoon pubs raise Irish staff pay amid low unemployment

Group founded by pro-Brexit businessman Tim Martin cites upward wage pressure

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 12:50

JD Wetherspoon posts record annual profit but warns on costs

Pub group says sales have grown briskly in current financial year

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 08:45

JD Wetherspoon dumps Jaegermeister, Hennessy ahead of Brexit

Pub chain to swap EU-made drinks for British replacements

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 17:13