All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 39
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NewsAnalysts reiterate JDW margin concerns
Leading analysts have held their recommendations for JD Wetherspoon following its quarterly results yesterday, with concerns about its margins again highlighted
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NewsMartin: Jamie Oliver is causing rents to rise
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has told M&C Report that the willingness of Jamie’s Italian, the restaurant group founded by high-profile chef Jamie Oliver, to accept high rent costs is causing rents for other operators to rise
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JDW adds to expanding hotel brand
JD Wetherspoon has acquired Brown’s Hotel in Tavistock, Devon for part of its growing hotel group
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NewsJDW lfls rise 4.9%; operating margins stabilise
JD Wetherspoon has reported a a 4.9% rise in like-for-like sales for the 10 weeks to 6 July, with operating margins stabilising
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JDW opens controversial Stirling pub
JD Wetherspoon is opening a pub in Stirling next week following a £1.7m investment to convert a former office block into a pub
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NewsJDW to vary licences in late-night levy protest
JD Wetherspoon has pledged to vary the licences of its pubs hit by late-night levies as part of new company policy in protest at the legislation
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Analysis & InsightThe story so far
The first half of this year has underlined the feeling that the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector is slowly, but surely pulling itself out of the downturn. Vibrancy has returned to the market, while even pub groups are looking at entering the fast casual market, but will the next six months and beyond cement this position?
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NewsM&C20 sees consecutive gains in leisure sector
The M&C20 Leisure Share Index continued to climb this week as it finished up 13 points to 1,196 with very few losses across the 22 listed companies
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NewsAnalyst corner: Nicholas Batram on JDW
Nicholas Batram at Peel Hunt looks ahead to JD Wetherspoons’ Q4 interim management statement on Wednesday 9 July, saying that he expects the company’s like-for-like sales to slow but not enough to threaten forecasts
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NewsOperators to make airport debuts at Stansted
Coast to Coast, Itsu, Harris + Hoole and high-profile chef James Martin are all set to open their first airport sites after securing units at Stansted, as part of the transport hub’s £80m terminal upgrade
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Analysis & InsightA return to good pub grub
One of BDO’s top 10 predictions in December 2013 was that growth in consumer spend in pubs would rise by more than growth in spend in restaurants. Here the advisory firm’s Mark Edwards looks at the reason for this and why he feels the pub sector will continue to provide a real challenge to restaurant operators
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NewsCollyer: JDW FY to be in line
Leading analyst Geof Collyer says he expects JD Wetherspoon’s full-year results to be in line but he’s “cautious” on the Q4 outcome
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NewsJDW introduces on-line customer ordering
JD Wetherspoon has launched a service to sell items directly to consumers from its website, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJack: JDW should be in line
Leading analyst Douglas Jack says he expects JD Wetherspoons’ full-year trading update on 9 July to be “at least in line”
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JDW announces details of first Eire pub
JD Wetherspoon has announced the details of its first pub in the Republic of Ireland that opens next week in Blackrock, Dublin
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OpinionAvoiding chain-gang perceptions
Mastering the art of brand differentiation helps bond customers emotionally to your product – whatever the scale of your business, argues Ian Dunstall
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NewsVAT Club criticised for 'gunboat diplomacy'
The VAT Club has been criticised for its “gunboat diplomacy” and warned there is no chance of success in this Parliament
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Analysis & InsightLoch Fyne tops customer satisfaction poll
Loch Fyne, the Greene King-owned brand, is delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the UK’s eating out sector, according to the latest findings from CGA Peach’s BrandTrack
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Analyst corner
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo of Morgan Stanley Leisure has said Wetherspoon needs to hit 5.4% like-for-like sales growth in its fourth quarter to be in line with the full year estimate set by the analyst firm
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Opinion
Crafting the future
Innovation is not just the domain of the craft brewer, as Roger Protz learnt when he spoke to Everards Brewery’s Stephen Gould