Wetherspoons customer uses Eat Out To Help Out scheme to help feed homeless by getting friends to donate meals through a table service app Dominic Dietrich used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme to feed the homeless Used a Manchester Wetherspoons as a base for people to send food via an app He then boxed up … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has demanded scientists publish evidence of coronavirus transmission in pubs after an expert said drinking indoors in bars raised the risk of transmission. Bacteria expert Professor Hugh Pennington said there has been a Covid-19 ‘outbreak associated with pubs’ and for ’90 per cent of cases, that was how they caught it.’ The Aberdeen … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin sells £5m of shares in pub chain days after Government announces boost for firms in hospitality sector By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:48 BST, 11 July 2020 The chairman of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, sold £5million of shares in his pub … Read more
If there is one thing which many thousands of Britons have missed during lockdown, it is the joy of a pint at our local pub. But Wetherspoons fans will soon be able to enjoy the delights of a cheap tipple once again when 750 of the pub chain’s outlets re-open on July 4. However, to … Read more
One couple closed their new pub an hour after reopening on the day of the coronavirus lockdown. Another has lost a lot of money but its staff are very excited to finally get back to work. Here are just some reactions from landlords and landladies around Britain as they prepare for July 4 – including … Read more
JD Wetherspoon today revealed its £11million masterplan to reopen its 875 pubs in the UK and Ireland as soon as the Government gives them the nod in July – but there is growing pressure on Boris Johnson to make it earlier. Drinkers will be expected to sanatise their hands on arrival and repeatedly during their … Read more
Now Wetherspoons refuses to pay breweries: Pub chain warned it faces legal action after claiming it does not have enough cash By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 28 March 2020 Wetherspoon could face legal action unless it pays breweries. The pub chain has said … Read more
Wetherspoons boss forced into U-turn after telling staff to go and get a job at Tesco because he couldn’t afford to pay them By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 25 March 2020 Wetherspoons was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over staff pay after close … Read more
‘Pay your staff!’: Wetherspoon pub is covered in graffiti after boss Tim Martin said he wouldn’t pay workers during coronavirus lockdown Vandals have attacked a JD Wetherspoon pub in Crystal Palace, south London The firm’s owner Tim Martin warned staff they face delays in getting paid He said he will not pay his staff until … Read more
Fury at Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin and Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley over their reaction to coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 01:21 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:21 GMT, 25 March 2020 Two of Britain’s best known bosses have caused uproar over their reaction to the coronavirus lockdown. Tim Martin, … Read more