All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 42
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NewsMore customers satisfied with JDW food
Customer satisfaction for food quality at JD Wetherspoon pubs is up by 6%, new research shows
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NewsCollyer: JDW share price 'high enough for now'
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has reiterated his Hold recommendation for JD Wetherspoon ahead of its H1 results next Friday, saying that it’s share price “seems high enough for now”, and suggested that the market is “getting maybe a little ahead of itself” in terms of expected upgrades
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NewsVAT Club plans second day of action on tax
The VAT Club is planning to repeat last year’s Tax Parity Day to highlight the inequality of VAT on food and drink in pubs and restaurants – under the revised name Tax Equality Day
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NewsReilley named Retailers’ Retailer 2014
Alex Reilley, who has overseen the impressive growth of Loungers, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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News
Trade apathy over late-night levy a 'big concern'
Apathy among the trade towards late-night levies is a big concern and a significant factor in local authorities bringing in the tax, according to a leading licensing lawyer
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NewsJack: JDW PBT to grow 6%
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has forecast that JD Wetherspoon will report a 6% rise in pre-tax profit to £37m, with earnings up 9%, at its interim results next Friday (14 March)
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OpinionTime to beat the drum on jobs
There has been some fine work carried out on highlighting the career possibilities available across the sector over the last couple of years, but with the campaign to cut VAT seemingly being moved into the sidings by the Government for the time being, it is time to ramp up an issue it can’t afford to ignore, job creation. The sector just needs a figurehead to lead the way in highlighting the breadth of the careers now available
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OpinionHow democracy works
Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, provides an update on the latest from the VAT Club and how progress is being made with politicians on some of its key points
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NewsGrowth slows for M&C20
The M&C20 Index once again outperformed the FTSE All Share this week, although growth slowed to 0.5%, against +1.6% last week, following a sluggish performance by some major pub groups in particular
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Analyst corner
Pub and restaurant operators will be able to manage the expected 3% rise in the national minimum wage (NMW) “without risk to margins”, according to leading analyst Douglas Jack
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Analysis & Insight
The bacaro boys
Polpo co-founders Russell Norman and Richard Beatty have left a trail of bare-bricked copycats and no-reservation restaurants in their wake. Now recently publicans, is there anything this driven duo won’t try their hand at?
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Analysis & InsightBranded dining sector to grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014
The UK branded dining sector will grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014, with outlet numbers increasing 5.5%, according to figures from Allegra’s Project Restaurant Report
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Diary
Diary: TRG, JDW, Bill's, Enterprise
This week’s Diary includes pressure rising on Vince Cable over pubcos, Turner upbeat on TRG, Bill’s looking north and Benugo’s rent strife. Cable’s pubco gaffe There’s been another twist in the tenanted pubco saga today, with Business Secretary Vince Cable facing a demand to remove himself from the ...
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NewsJDW sets opening date for Ireland debut
The former Tonic Bar in Temple Road, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, is to be named The Three Tun Tavern
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NewsPubco founders disregard plight of tenants
The founders of the big tenanted pubcos remain less concerned about the plight of pub tenants than about their own financial wellbeing, according to JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin
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NewsM&C20 underperforms All Share Index
The M&C20 underperformed the FTSE All Share Index this week, despite share price growth for seven of the top 10 sector firms. Overall growth was 1.6%, against +2.5% for the All Share
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NewsJDW embraces beer cans
Cans of beer will be appearing in all 900 JD Wetherspoon pubs from next month
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NewsGovernment focused on calories, not sugar
Dr Susan Jebb, chair of the Responsibility Deal Food Network, has suggested that the Government does not intend to add new pledges around sugar or fat reduction as part of the initiative
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OpinionIs the coffee shop the new pub?
”Forget the war of the coffee shops. The battle between big chains such as Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero and their smaller independent rivals is nothing compared to the real clash on the high street – coffee shops versus the great British pub”
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 15-16 February
Punch Taverns Shareholders in Punch Taverns face being wiped out under fresh restructuring plan from lenders Shareholders in Punch Taverns, Britain’s second-largest pubs group, face being wiped out under a fresh restructuring plan from lenders. Proposals put forward by management and due to be voted on last week were withdrawn ...