All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 30
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Stonegate appoints new director of corporate affairs
Stonegate Pub Company has appointed Daniel Wilkinson, formerly of Greene King, as its new director of corporate affairs
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JDW hits back over ‘inaccurate’ comments on traveller case
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has hit back at ‘inaccurate’ newspaper coverage of the second case in a month in which the company had to apologise to a group of travellers.
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NewsStonegate appoints new ops director
Carl Uttley, who has spent 11 years at JD Wetherspoon, has rival Stonegate Pub Company as an operations director
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McMullen operator agreement offers ‘genuine partnership’
Peter Furness-Smith, managing director of McMullen, has told M&C Report the company’s operator agreements have proved a huge success but has said entrepreneurial licensees will be hardest hit by the death of the tied model.
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NewsGrexit overhangs M&C20
In what was a half term week of fairly low volumes in the stock markets, the M&C20 outperformed the All-Share Index, rising 0.3% while the wider market fell 0.2%
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NewsJDW found guilty in second traveller discrimination case
JD Wetherspoon has been forced to apologise, for the second time in a month, to a group of travellers refused entry to its pubs.
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Sports Bar & Grill’s Piccadilly site marketed
Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – has placed its site in London’s Piccadilly on the market, M&C Report understands. The six-strong group, which attracted interest from JD Wetherspoon earlier this year, has placed the Sports Bar & Grill on Rupert Street on the ...
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NewsEnterprise has Eureka moment
Enterprise Inns has launched a new company Eureka Inns Ltd to oversee its new “managed expert” model
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Analysis & InsightValue operators winning across the market
Brands that offer good value at low prices continue to see the strongest growth in the restaurant market
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NewsJDW adds three to Republic estate
JD Wetherspoon is to open three new pubs in the Republic of Ireland in the coming months
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JDW guilty of discriminating against eight travellers
Central London County Court has ruled on a case after a group of Irish travellers sued JD Wetherspoon for discrimination when they were turned away from a north London pub in 2011.
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NewsJDW threatens legal action over meal deal copyright
JD Wetherspoon has threatened to take legal action against competitors including Stonegate, Greene King, Whitbread and Mitchells & Butlers over meal deals which it says are infringing its copyright.
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NewsTim Martin: Election; discounts; coffee wars and GK/Spirit impact
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has backed the incoming Conservative Government as good for the pub sector but said coalition politics helped to create a more measured legislative programme.
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NewsPolitical stability brings strength to sector
Election week was always going to be big news across the country and in the stock market it was no different. Ahead of the result the prospect of a hung parliament had the All-Share index subdued, but it opened up almost 2% today following the news of a continuation of Tory leadership, bringing the weekly change to up 1.4% for the UK index. The M&C20 outperformed markedly as domestic stocks were strong on relief that the government’s economic strategy is likely to remain unchanged
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NewsTCG submits three-year business case to owners
Nigel Wright, chief operating officer of managed pub and bar company TCG, has told M&C Report the company is continuing to keep pace with its rivals despite the disparity in the levels of investment.
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JDW secures Newport Pagnell site
JD Wetherspoon has acquired the freehold interest of Robinsons Restaurant in Newport Pagnell, M&C Report understands. The restaurant is being sold by the private owners after 15 years for personal health reasons. It is understood the freehold interest was sold in the region of £550,000. It is understood that Davis ...
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NewsGK/Spirit deal could spark more consolidation
Should Greene King’s acquisition of Spirit Pub Company be approved by the Competition & Markets Authority next week, it is likely to create “a new league of two” in the pub sector.
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Brumby: JDW should draw clear from the pack
Mark Brumby at Langton Capital has said that JDW now seems to be saying that its like-for-like sales could trend towards flat for the rest of the year
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Jack: JDW breakfast push won’t counter margin fall
Leading analyst Douglas Jack, of Numis, has questioned whether volume growth from JD Wetherspoon’s drive to grow breakfast sales will offset the hit on margins.
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NewsJDW Q3 lfls up 1.7%
JD Wetherspoon has reported like-for-like sales up 1.7% for the 13 weeks to 26 April and 3.6% for the year to date.