Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns food prices at its pubs will rise if VAT goes up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin said prices for pub food will rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin … Read more
Wetherspoons founder says Covid lockdowns have ‘created economic and social mayhem and colossal debts’ as pub chain crashes to record loss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 19 March 2021 The founder of Wetherspoons said Covid lockdowns have ‘created economic and social mayhem and … Read more
Cheers! Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin cashes in £50m of shares following successful fund-raising By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin has cashed in £50million of shares following a successful fund-raising. The massive windfall followed two £5million sales last … Read more
Pub group Wetherspoons has gone cap-in-hand to investors for the second time since the pandemic began as it attempts to keep its head above water. It is hoping to raise between £92.1million and £93.7million to see it through the rest of the year, by selling up to 8.4m shares. This would mean offloading them for … Read more
Elderly man ‘barred from Wetherspoons’ is flattened by flying chair ‘when he walks back into pub and tries to steal customer’s mobile phone’ Man struck by chair while at The Thomas Frost pub in Liverpool on December 9 CCTV footage shows customer being hit on head and collapsing to the ground He had been barred … Read more
Elderly man is floored when flying chair hits his head in front of stunned drinkers in Wetherspoons pub Man is believed to have been at The Thomas Frost in Liverpool on December 9 CCTV footage shows chair being thrown across room by someone out of frame Customer is struck on the head and collapses to … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin sells £5m worth of shares after warning Government’s tier system will keep 366 of his pubs shut By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 2 December 2020 Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has sold £5million worth of shares in his pub chain … Read more
Tier system is ‘lockdown by stealth’, claims Wetherspoons’ boss amid fears four in five pubs will be forced to close By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 Wetherspoons’ boss has accused ministers of imposing ‘lockdown by stealth’ amid warnings the tier system … Read more
Boris Johnson’s new lockdown plan sent shares in retail and leisure firms plummeting today as the stock market reacted to his hastily released plans. British Airways owner IAG, Wetherspoons, Cineworld, JD Sports, EasyJet and pub and restaurant owner Mitchells and Butlers all saw heavy falls in their share price this morning. Airlines, pubs and non-essential retail … Read more
Last orders! Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock before winter lockdown kicks in Prices were cut before pubs across the UK close at 10pm on Wednesday night Pints of real ale were reduced to shed stock because they won’t last a month Cider and … Read more