Surge in Guinness popularity fuels JD Wetherspoon sales
Sales have increased by 5.2% at the UK and Ireland pub chain
Tim Martin
JD Wetherspoon records eightfold increase in profit as costs subside
Pub giant announced plans to sell its regional Irish network for €10m in October, and has five pubs in Dublin
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News of Pfizer vaccine approval in UK lifts markets
Shares in partner company BioNTech surged 5.6 per cent
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Sales down more than 27% and company says that 756 of its pubs are now closed
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JD Wetherspoon posts record annual profit but warns on costs
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Wetherspoon abandons champagne in pre-Brexit switch
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Wetherspoon calls time on social media
UK pub chain quits Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, citing the negative impact of online trolls
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Wetherspoon’s sales growth nearly doubles in first quarter
Operator of more than 900 pubs in UK and Ireland said like-for-like sales rose 6.1%
Pub group JD Wetherspoon reports 28% rise in profit
Like-for-like sales grew 4% while total sales grew 4.1% to £1.66bn
Wetherspoon to spend €15m on Dublin ‘superpub’ and hotel
Development will create 200 jobs on site, with work due to start next year
Wetherspoon toasts better than expected sales
Pub chain had previously signalled caution about second half of year
JD Wetherspoon hopeful of planning resolution as Irish bars do well
Pub chain has found itself bogged down in planning obstacles for two Dublin sites
JD Wetherspoon reports strong trading conditions in Ireland
UK pub group warns of lower sales and higher costs in second half of the year
JD Wetherspoon sells five pubs in Northern Ireland
Family-run business plans to keep operating them as pubs, with no layoffs announced
JD Wetherspoon expects higher costs as Brexit uncertainty remains
Pub chain says a failure to secure tariff-free transactions will result in losses for suppliers
Wetherspoons offers zero-hours staff guaranteed work
Pub chairman Tim Martin says fixed-hour contracts will extend to workers in Ireland
Planning delays halt Wetherspoon’s Irish expansion
Rising property prices and planning issues prompt pub group to rein in acquisitions
Cantillon: Corporate clash over Brexit fallout on Twitter
Greencore chief Coveney calls out Wetherspoon’s Tim Martin on post-poll blame game
Caveat: Pendulum swings back in favour of former rugby star Sheahan
Sheahan is targeting 10,000 attendees over two days at the annual Pendulum Summit
Wetherspoon Irish expansion ‘on hold’ due to property prices
Pub chain’s founder and chairman says planning permission delays also a problem
Caveat: Wetherspoon may need a bar extension for its Irish invasion plan
Pubs in Ireland have become much more expensive in the past few years
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