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Business results: the trading update from JD Wetherspoon covered the 26-week period to 28 January 2024 (image: Getty/PeopleImages)

JDW ‘has potential for 1,000 sites’

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) identified the possibility of increasing its estate by just under a quarter (23%), in its latest trading update.

Tim Martin: JDW has seen 'consistent but slow' recovery from pandemic

JDW reports 10.1% growth

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced financial growth in its trading update for the six months ending 28 January 2024.

New opening: £1.1m has been invested in the new JDW pub at Haven Primrose Valley

JDW to operate at Haven holiday parks

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has signed an exclusive agreement with UK holiday park operator, Haven, meaning it can operate at its parks.

Bargain: JDW drops food and drink prices in a January sale

JDW launches January sale

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is rolling out a nationwide sale at more than 800 of its pubs to welcome in the new year, and £1.99 pints are on the cards.

Positive figures: JDW chair Tim Martin says the company is increasing spend at its pubs

Like-for-like sales up 9.5% at JDW

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reported like-for-like (lfl) sales in the first 14 weeks of its financial year (FY24) were 9.5% higher than the same period last year.

Significantly stronger: JDW reports 9.9% sales increase (Pictured: JDW chairman Tim Martin)

JDW reports 9.9% sales increase

By Rebecca Weller

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reported like-for-like sales were up 9.9% in the nine weeks to 1 October 2023 compared to the same period last year.

On the market: JD Wetherspoon has appointed two estate agents to sell 11 of its pubs (credit: Getty/JanpenBoonbao)

JDW to sell 11 pubs

By Gary Lloyd

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has appointed estate agents Savills and CBRE to sell 11 of its pubs.

Tuck in: JDW, which is chaired by Tim Martin, has scored impressively high across the UK for its food hygiene

JDW food rating score almost perfect

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has scored an average rating of 4.99 out of 5 in the latest food hygiene rating league for its 763 pubs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Warning: JDW’s Tim Martin said a lack of Government understanding presents a threat to the prosperity of the country

JDW FY23 sales ‘likely to be a record’

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced like-for-like (lfl) sales increased by 9.1% in the third quarter (Q3) of its 2023 financial year (FY23) and sales for the entire year look set to be a record.

Last orders: A JDW pub in Essex has ceased trading (credit: JD Wetherspoon)

JDW pub shuts for good

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub in Essex remains on the market after closing its doors over the weekend.

Shoot for the stars: Manager Arber Hasani outside the new pub

JD Wetherspoon opens O2 pub

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub has opened at The O2 today (Tuesday 21 March) after a whopping £2.9m investment.

Commercial choice: JDW backs out of Wirral revamp

JDW pulls plug on £3m revamp

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has backed out of a £3m development in New Brighton, Merseyside, leaving land up for sale.

Rising costs: JD Wetherspoon is increasing prices for food and drink by 7.5% (Credit: Getty/ipopba)

JDW pushes prices up by 7.5%

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has increased its prices across its food and drink offer by 7.5%.

Company results: JDW's trading update earlier in January revealed the group had sold a number of sites while more remained on the market (image: Getty/Image Source)

Which pubs has JDW sold?

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has revealed where the 10 sites it has sold are, following information released in its results for the second quarter of its financial year.

Cautious optimism: JDW reports sales uplift in recent trading period (Getty/ Ingolf Hatz)

JDW ‘cautiously optimistic for future’

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is “cautiously optimistic” for the future, after reporting sales growth of 13.1% versus the same period last year in a recent trading update.

Top employer status recognised: JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin

Top employer honour for JDW

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in the United Kingdom 2023.

January Sale: Cheap pints and burgers at Spoons pubs

JDW welcomes new year with 99p pints

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has launched a January sale across its portfolio with some pints priced at just 99p, despite cost pressures hitting the sector.

Leadership, innovation and determination: Debbie Whittingham has been honoured for her work at JDW

Manager at JDW named as ‘one to watch’

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) regional manager and employee director Debbie Whittingham has been named in the 2022 Women to Watch & Role Models for Inclusion Index.

Company news: the new venue is set to open its doors in February 2023 (image: Getty/Red Blu Productions)

£3m investment in 02 pub by JDW

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub group JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced a new pub opening in February next year at London entertainment venue The O2.

Warning: JDW chair Tim Martin reiterated threats to the sector ‘continue to apply’

JDW to put 7 more sites on market as sales slow

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced like-for-like sales were slow throughout October and it will put seven more pubs on the market, according to its trading update for the 14 weeks to 6 November 2022.

Company update: JD Wetherspoon posted its preliminary results for the 53 weeks to 31 July 2022 (image: Getty/Poike)

JDW reports £30m loss

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) revealed a loss before tax of £30.4m and said getting customers back to the on-trade was a "momentous challenge" in its latest trading update.

Equality needed: 'it doesn't make sense for the hospitality industry to subsidise supermarkets,' JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says (image: Getty/Image Source)

JDW slashes prices to highlight VAT cut benefit

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is cutting prices on its food and drink for one day to spotlight the benefit a permanent VAT decrease would have on the hospitality sector.

CGA BrandTrack: JDW most visited brand in six-month period (Pictured: JDW chair Tim Martin)

JDW 'most visited licensed brand'

By The Morning Advertiser

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) was the most visited licensed brand and the third most visited brand in the UK’s hospitality sector during six-month period, according to the latest CGA BrandTrack.

Tax equality: JDW chair Tim Martin said if pubs were to survive and thrive in the future, the sector needs to be treated fairly

JDW boss reiterates calls for tax equality

By Nikkie Thatcher

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has repeated his calls for pubs to have tax equality with supermarkets in order to “survive and thrive in the future”.

Improving figures: JDW chairman Tim Martin expects ‘relative normality’ in the company's next financial year

JDW profits set to ‘break even’, boardroom switch announced

By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced it “anticipates a ‘break-even’ outcome for profits in the current financial year” in its Q3 trading update, adding like-for-like sales were “slightly positive” for the last two weeks.

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