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    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK property
      JD Wetherspoon’s efforts to sell pubs hampered by tough property market

      Company has so far fetched nearly £3mn for the venues it has sold since July

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Wetherspoons sales rise as pub life returns to normal

      UK pub chain narrows losses as higher labour, energy and interest costs continue to weigh on sector

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Wetherspoons warns of £30mn full-year loss driven by rising staff costs

      Pub chain hit by lower sales of draught ales, lagers and ciders compared with before the pandemic

    • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
      Wetherspoons warns of first-half losses

      UK chain hits out at ‘partygate’ and says rules should have allowed ministers and aides to go to a pub

    • Monday, 20 December, 2021
      We should welcome the workers’ paradise at Wetherspoons

      UK has been slow to embrace the idea of employee representation on corporate boards

    • Monday, 20 December, 2021
      Wetherspoons appoints employee directors to its board

      Move follows tussles with investors over pub group’s approach to corporate governance

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Wetherspoons warns of hit from ‘lockdown by stealth’

      Pub group says fresh Covid curbs risk wiping out profit

    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      UK retail results
      Investors’ Chronicle: Halfords, JD Wetherspoon, ITV

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      Wetherspoons hit by ‘cautious’ older customers’ reluctance to return

      Sales of traditional ales and stouts down almost a third compared with 2019 over Covid fears

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Wetherspoon reports record annual loss following lockdowns

      Late summer sales at UK pub group lag behind rivals

    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      Wetherspoons latest group to battle shortages as some beers run dry

      Pub chain blames strike action as it joins others suffering from supply chain disruption

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      UK business & economy
      ‘Freedom day’ in England proves ‘damp squib’ for bars hoping to lure back customers

      Many chains dial down promotions amid soaring coronavirus infections

    • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
      Wetherspoons hits out at plans for post-pandemic VAT increase

      Staged increase to 20% over next year would hurt hospitality industry, UK pub group says

    • Friday, 2 April, 2021
      City InsiderBryce Elder
      Investing platform ill-prepared for Deliveroo flotation flop

      PrimaryBid co-founder James Deal spent tech group’s IPO day fielding calls from Saint Lucia

    • Friday, 19 March, 2021
      City Bulletin
      JD Wetherspoon attacks government’s lockdown measures Premium content

      Goldman analysts’ leaked slide deck, Merryn Somerset Webb on Deliveroo

    • Friday, 19 March, 2021
      Wetherspoons hits out at UK lockdowns after record loss

      Pub chain says Covid restrictions have caused ‘economic and social mayhem and colossal debts’

    • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
      Wetherspoon founder sells £50m of shares

      Tim Martin’s sale comes a week after second fundraising by UK pub chain

    • Friday, 22 January, 2021
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: JD Wetherspoon, IG Group, Argo Blockchain

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
      Wetherspoon taps investors for second time in pandemic

      Pub chain planning to raise £90m as uncertainty from UK lockdown hits

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      LombardBryce Elder
      Struggling landlords need a champion, not Wetherspoons chairman

      Tim Martin grapples with the government; Homebase owner looks to sell amid pandemic DIY boom

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      Wetherspoons chairman hits out at ‘baffling’ Covid restrictions

      Pub chain warns its costs will be £11m a month higher during second lockdown

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      Food & Beverage
      Pubs and restaurants slash prices ahead of second lockdown

      Rush in England to offload food and beer in effort to curb losses but waste feared to be ‘inevitable’

    • Friday, 16 October, 2020
      Wetherspoons pushed by Covid to first annual loss since 1984

      Chairman Tim Martin warns new government regulations have made outlook unpredictable

    • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Last orders loom for big indebted pub groups

      National inn chains suffer as new lockdown policy heralds more pub closures

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      Lex
      JD Wetherspoon/rule of six: sobering up Premium content

      Hopes of an early return to ‘vertical drinking’ have been scotched

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