J D Wetherspoon

Wetherspoon reports ‘record’ sales despite shrinking pub estate

Pub giant put its Irish regional portfolio on the market last October

Wed Jul 10 2024 - 08:55

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

Fri Mar 22 2024 - 09:41

European shares rise to two-month high

Wall Street also advances as investors bet Federal Reserve has reached end of interest rate hikes cycle

Wed Nov 22 2023 - 20:27

Wetherspoon finds the Irish going tough as it rolls back on expansion

UK pub giant has put its regional portfolio of pubs up for sale for €10m

Fri Oct 20 2023 - 06:00

Wetherspoon appeals refusal of permission for Camden Street sound barrier

Pub operator proposed barrier as solution to noise issue at beer garden attached to Keavan’s Port hotel

Wed Aug 16 2023 - 17:22

Dublin City Council rejects Wetherspoons sound barrier plan

Company proposed 43ft high barrier to reopen beer garden on Camden Street

Tue Jul 18 2023 - 17:05

Locals oppose Wetherspoon’s proposed sound barrier ‘taller than the Berlin Wall’

Pub group wants to build wall at Dublin hotel

Tue Jun 27 2023 - 16:32

JD Wetherspoon plans sound barrier at Keavan’s Port hotel

Locals have complained over noise levels from outside dining space

Tue May 30 2023 - 18:10

Shares fall amid banking worries

Deutsche Bank leads sell off across Europe

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 19:01

Pub group JD Wetherspoon returns to profit as supply issues ease

Sales edge ahead of pre-Covid levels but profits still 90% down on 2019 numbers

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 09:10

Why ‘shrinkflation’ means you are paying the same for less

From fewer sheets in a toilet roll to cheaper menu ingredients - the race to protect margins

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 11:41

Pay freeze for Aer Lingus ground staff proposed until 2024

Seen & Heard: Wetherspoon sale of Blackrock pub, and Cowen seeks inquiry into ESB

Sun Jan 23 2022 - 12:56

Wetherspoon points to first-half loss as Omicron curbs bite

Advice to limit social contacts before Christmas hit pubs and restaurants

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 08:22

British pub group JD Wetherspoon to open new €4m outlet in Silicon Docks

Food-focused South Strand pub to open on Hanover Quay in Dublin

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 17:56

JD Wetherspoon seeking €2.5m for Blackrock pub

UK group acquired Three Tun Tavern for €1.5m in 2013 in first Irish deal

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 05:30

Dublin and London markets outperform as European shares finish flat

Ryanair, Persimmon and Continental among the stocks to rise

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 19:43

Stock markets upbeat as Joe Biden inaugurated

Investors eye large US economic stimulus and infrastructure package

Wed Jan 20 2021 - 18:50

Wetherspoon to cut jobs after plunging to annual loss

Tim Martin calls on the UK to adopt the Swedish model for tackling coronavirus

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 08:14

European shares rise again as eyes are trained on US in hopes of stimulus

Iseq lags European peers, but closes marginally ahead

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 20:25

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon to cut 400-450 airport jobs

Up to 1,000 people employed at pubs in Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Tue Sept 22 2020 - 09:46

European lockdown fears trigger worst stocks sell-off in three months

Travel stocks slump as UK ponders national lockdown again

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 18:17

Silicon Docks: Where the streets have no people

Google walking away from Sorting Office deal a blow for tech and commercial hub ravaged by the pandemic

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 05:22

European shares shake off previous day’s losses

Markets report: Technology stocks rally on Wall Street

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 18:26

Wetherspoon talks of June reopening despite no lockdown exit plan

Controversial pub group founder Tim Martin was vocal opponent of pandemic measures

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 19:30

Wetherspoon’s panto-villain chairman may have the last laugh

Tim Martin has committed a series of faux pas as the coronavirus crisis has unfolded

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 05:30

Banker strikes bum note as regulator warns of return to bad days

Business Week: also in the news were property prices; insurance; and two windfalls

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 08:00

JD Wetherspoon acquires Grand Canal Dock pub

Property put up for sale in June with price tag of €5.5m

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 11:49

Greene King sales improve ahead of proposed takeover

Cold weather in May, followed by a wet June this year prompted Britons to stay at home

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 09:45

JD Wetherspoon buys Carbon nightclub in Galway city

Company plans to invest €2.5m transforming nightclub into pub

Tue Jul 16 2019 - 19:57

Wetherspoon’s bucks bad weather and no World Cup with sales rise

Pub chain’s ‘stack ’em high, sell ’em cheap’ policy brings 6.9% growth over the summer

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 08:30

Pub contract gives royal carpet maker a less than luxurious image

Renowned Axminster Carpets became linked with JD Wetherspoon’s 900-strong pub chain

Tue May 28 2019 - 05:27

Pretax profits down at JD Wetherspoon on higher labour costs

Revenues for the group up 7% to £889.6m as like-for-like sales rise by 6.3%

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 08:23

Wetherspoon pubs raise Irish staff pay amid low unemployment

Group founded by pro-Brexit businessman Tim Martin cites upward wage pressure

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 12:50

JD Wetherspoon posts record annual profit but warns on costs

Pub group says sales have grown briskly in current financial year

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 08:45