Wetherspoons boss warns its pub food prices will rise if VAT goes up 

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

Police officer defends using a baton on Wetherspoons customer

A Met Police officer who allegedly hit a Wetherspoons drinker over the head with his baton in an ‘unprovoked’ attack claims the display of force was ‘entirely proportionate. ‘ Pc Jack Wood, 26, denies assaulting Jake Smith, 26, who suffered a gaping gash to his skull following the clash on January 5, last year in … Read more

Wetherspoons founder slams lockdown ‘mayhem’

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: 22:25 GMT, 19 March 2021 The founder of Wetherspoons said Covid lockdowns have ‘created economic and social mayhem and … Read more

Wetherspoons founder slams lockdown ‘mayhem’

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

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: 23:23 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

MARKET REPORT: Second round of funding to prop up Wetherspoons

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 is floored when flying chair hits his head in front of stunned drinkers in Wetherspoons

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

Elderly man is floored when flying chair hits his head in front of stunned drinkers in Wetherspoons

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

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

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