JD Wetherspoon’s has taken its Brexit campaign to a new level as the company prints 200,000 beer mats May 31, 2016 Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has just upped the ante in its steadfast campaign for Britain to vote to leave the EU. Today, the pubs group announced its founder and chief executive Tim Martin has printed 200,000 beer mats calling for the UK to vote leave – taking aim at Christine Lagarde and the International Monetary [...]
JD Wetherspoon’s boss is going on a pub crawl to convince you to vote for Brexit May 24, 2016 JD Wetherspoon chief Tim Martin is going on a pub crawl around all 100 of the company's drinking-holes over the next month to convince punters to vote for Britain to leave the EU. Martin is a staunch Brexit campaigner – he has signed several business-led letters calling for Brexit – and hopes to spread the word [...]
Vote Leave unveils 30-strong expert group to dismiss Brexit fears May 23, 2016 Brexit campaign group Vote Leave has unveiled a group of 30 business leaders, economists and senior politicians to dismiss figures from the Treasury today, which suggest that the UK could see up to 800,000 job losses if it votes for Brexit. In a joint statement, the group argue that a far greater risk is presented [...]
EU referendum: Why business owes it to its workers to take back the Brexit debate from the political elites May 20, 2016 The most important influence on how Britain will vote on 23 June is unlikely to be President Obama, David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn, or Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. The unsung persuader in this vote will be a friend or colleague at work. There are 5.4m businesses in the UK and a total of 31m employees. Each [...]
EU referendum: Wetherspoon boss warns European Union is “doomed” because it lacks democracy April 26, 2016 The European Union is "doomed" because it doesn’t have the level of democracy required to make it a great economic region, the boss of one of the UK's biggest pub chains has warned. Tim Martin, the chairman of JD Wetherspoon and a staunch supporter of the Leave campaign, said that just as the euro could [...]
Asda toasts £850k deal to stock 25 beers from 13 Scottish craft breweries, including Isle of Arran, Isle of Skye, Loch Ness and Kelburn April 18, 2016 The unstoppable cultural phenomenon that is craft beer has just ratcheted up even more mainstream support. Supermarket giant Asda has agreed a listings deal with 13 breweries to put 25 new craft beers on its shelves in Scotland, in a deal worth more than £850,000. An industry source told City A.M. that if sales in Scotland are robust and [...]
Craft beer prices threatened by hop shortages following heatwaves in Europe last summer April 13, 2016 There's no easy way to say this, but if you're a fan of craft beer and ale, now could be the time to drink up fast. In the coming months, craft beer producers could be forced to raise the prices of their increasingly popular brews following heatwaves last summer that have led to shortages of [...]
AB InBev gulps down Wetherspoons’ craft beer favourite US Devils Backbone Brewing as buying bender rolls on April 12, 2016 Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer more commonly known as AB InBev, has said it plans to swallow Wetherspoons' craft beer supplier Devils Backbone Brewing for an undisclosed price. The deal is expected to go through in the second quarter. The move is the latest a raft of forays into the quickly growing premium-priced craft beer market. [...]
McDonald’s, JD Wetherspoon and Domino’s urged to crackdown on use of antibiotics in global meat and poultry supply chains April 11, 2016 A coalition of 54 institutional investors, which manages funds totalling $1 trillion, has called on 10 UK and US restaurant chains including McDonald’s, JD Wetherspoon, Wendy’s and Domino’s Pizza Group to curb antibiotic use in their global meat and poultry supply chains. The investors, which include Aviva Investors and Coller Capital, have written to ten [...]
EU referendum: Chairman of JD Wetherspoon sets out his argument for a Brexit – “democracy equals prosperity” March 26, 2016 The chairman of pubs chain JD Wetherspoon has today set out his reasoning for backing a so-called Brexit. Tim Martin was one of 250 business leaders to give their support to the Vote Leave campaign today. Explaining his decision, Martin said: "Democracy equals prosperity. And slowly democracy is being removed by the European Union." Read [...]