Countdown to Lockdown: Brits stock up at Primark, Aldi and Wetherspoons

Britons today are stocking up clothes and homeware, getting ready for their last night out and squeezing in a final gym session as England nosedives into a second lockdown.  Today will be the ‘last hurrah’ for millions of Brits who, from midnight, will find their freedoms curtailed as they are told to remain indoors under … Read more

Countdown to Lockdown: Brits stock up at Primark, Aldi and Wetherspoons

Britons today are stocking up clothes and homeware, getting ready for their last night out and squeezing in a final gym session as the UK nosedives into a second lockdown.  Today will be the ‘last hurrah’ for millions of Brits who, from midnight, will find their freedoms curtailed as they are told to remain indoors … Read more

Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock

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

Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock

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

Cheers! Now Wetherspoons boss goes back on full pay

Glass full: Wetherspoons chief Tim Martin has had his pay topped up Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin is back on full pay after taking a pandemic pay cut – despite the pub chain crashing to its first annual loss since 1984.  The pubs group’s founder and chairman slashed his £324,000-a-year salary in half in March but … Read more

At least 30 staff at Wetherspoons in Liverpool isolating after 12 workers tested positive for Covid

At least 30 staff at Wetherspoons pub in Liverpool are forced to isolate after 12 workers tested positive for Covid – as bosses blame staff attending ‘private event’ outside work At least 30 staff at Lime Kiln in Liverpool are isolating after positive Covid results Twelve workers at the Wetherspoons pub have tested positive for … Read more

Wetherspoons boss warns new Covid restrictions would be ‘devastating’ for pubs and restaurants

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns new Covid restrictions would be ‘devastating’ for pubs and restaurants amid fears up to a MILLION hospitality jobs could be lost Tim Martin says second lockdown would be ‘even more devastating’ for sector Ministers are considering new measures this weekend as Covid-19 cases rise  Hospitality representatives have said that 900,000 … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Pub chain Wetherspoons rocked by staff Covid infections

MARKET REPORT: Wetherspoons slumps 5% as it is rocked by staff Covid infections and the ‘rule of six’ restrictions By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 14 September 2020 It was a choppy start to the week for Wetherspoons investors as traders digested an update … Read more

Pub chain Wetherspoons warns over slump in sales

Wetherspoons warns coronavirus crisis will push it into red despite ‘rapid acceleration’ in sales this month thanks to Eat Out To Help Out scheme By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 24 August 2020 Wetherspoons warned that the coronavirus crisis will push it into the … Read more

Wetherspoons set to cut 130 staff at its head office as Covid jobs bloodbath continues

Wetherspoon has written to its head office staff to say that nearly a third of them risk losing their jobs amid a round of cuts at the pub chain. The company said that 110 to 130 of the 417 roles in its head office could be axed as it scales back its expansion. Chief executive … Read more