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Tim Martin’s sale comes a week after second fundraising by UK pub chain
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Pub chain planning to raise £90m as uncertainty from UK lockdown hits
Tim Martin grapples with the government; Homebase owner looks to sell amid pandemic DIY boom
Pub chain warns its costs will be £11m a month higher during second lockdown
Rush in England to offload food and beer in effort to curb losses but waste feared to be ‘inevitable’
Chairman Tim Martin warns new government regulations have made outlook unpredictable
National inn chains suffer as new lockdown policy heralds more pub closures
Hopes of an early return to ‘vertical drinking’ have been scotched
Warm words on ESG look empty after dynamiting of Aboriginal sites; JD Wetherspoon looks lively
British pub operator says lift from Eat Out to Help Out scheme will wane
Protective clothing for bar staff and drinks ordered to table by app among new-look guidelines from UK pub group
Pub group sets out £141m share placement to see it through crisis
Tim Martin says he will not pay staff unless he receives a firm date for emergency funds
Group warns system is throttling town centres as retailers struggle against online rivals
Outgoing chief’s cost-cutting strategy looks likely to remain after Asda bid blocked
Pub chain announces £200m investment to open new premises despite weak consumer spending
Executive chairman re-elected despite hitting out over corporate governance
Wetherspoons chairman is right to question the UK’s tangled governance system
Tim Martin accuses investors of hypocrisy on corporate governance
British pub group’s rises in sales is the latest sign of a successful strategy
Tim Martin’s latest Brexit blast comes as pub chain suffers blow from higher costs
The pub group is battling rising labour costs as wages increase
Decision to increase pay knocks earnings despite rising sales
John Gapper goes on a pub crawl with Wetherspoons’ Tim Martin
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