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  • Wetherspoons to open reopen outdoor space at 394 pubs in April

    March 4, 2021

    Pub giant JD Wetherspoon will open outdoor spaces in 394 pubs in April, but the pubs will be operating with a reduced menu and shorter days. Wetherspoon’s decision is in line with coronavirus restrictions easing on 12 April to allow hospitality to open up outdoor space for customer use. From Sunday to Thursday the pubs [...]

  • Wetherspoons boss calls for pubs to open alongside non-essential shops

    February 15, 2021

    Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin has urged the government to reopen pubs at the same time as non-essential shops, as the Prime Minister prepares to lay out his “roadmap” for exiting lockdown. Martin called for a clear timeline for pubs across the UK to resume selling pints, warning the industry is “on its knees” from months [...]

  • Wetherspoon taps investors for £94m as pub chain circles central London acquisitions

    January 19, 2021

    JD Wetherspoon will tap investors for almost £94m as the pub chain is seeking to bolster its balance sheet and swoop on potential central London expansion opportunities. The FTSE 250 firm announced this afternoon that it will launch an equity placing for the second time during the pandemic, which is expected to raise gross proceeds [...]

  • Wetherspoon slams ‘baffling’ Covid-19 restrictions as sales slump

    November 11, 2020

    JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin this morning slammed “baffling” coronavirus rules, as the pub chain reported a sharp drop in sales due to tightening restrictions. The company, which also revealed it had accepted a £48.3m government-backed loan during the crisis, said sales in the 15 weeks to 8 November plunged 27.6 per cent. Sales had [...]

  • Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin slams lockdown measures as ‘total chaos’ after pub chain sinks to loss

    October 16, 2020

    JD Wetherspoon shares sank more than 13 per cent this morning as the pub chain swung to a loss for the first time since 1984 during the pandemic.  Chairman Tim Martin slammed recent lockdown measures as “total chaos”, after months of closures during the coronavirus crisis hammered the pub group’s sales and revenue.  The results [...]

  • Wetherspoon to cut jobs after plunging to annual loss

    October 16, 2020

    J D Wetherspoon (JDW) said this morning it has started a consultation process to reduce positions at its airport pubs and that it would cut 108 jobs at its head office after the pub operator plunged to an annual loss. Wetherspoon, which employed around 43,000 people at the end of its last financial year, posted [...]

  • High rents force three in four hospitality businesses to consider restructure or insolvency

    October 5, 2020

    73% of London-based hospitality and leisure operators are considering a restructure or insolvency as a result of the economic impact of the ongoing pandemic. Advisory firm Cedar Dean, which surveyed 230 hospitality and leisure businesses with around 2,000 venues across the UK, found that rental obligations are currently the most pressing issue. 86% of London-based [...]

  • JD Wetherspoon to cut 450 jobs at airport pubs

    September 22, 2020

    JD Wetherspoon today said it will cut roughly 450 jobs from six of its airport pubs due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The job cuts will impact staff at the chain’s pubs at Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports. In a letter to staff, seen by PA, the budget boozer [...]

  • We are on the precipice of a price war, and the losers will be workers

    September 11, 2020

    James Reed argues that nobody stands to gain from a price war in the long run – least of all Britain’s workers. Over 100m meals were claimed on the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme last month, but the end of the measure on 31 August has left businesses in the hospitality sector split [...]

  • Pub chain JD Wetherspoon to cut up to 130 head office jobs

    August 6, 2020

    Pub chain JD Wetherspoon will cut up to 130 head office jobs due to a downturn in the pub and restaurant industry during the coronavirus pandemic. The company announced this morning that 110 to 130 head office positions are at risk of redundancy. Wetherspoon blamed the cuts on a downturn in trading, a slowdown in [...]

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