J D Wetherspoon

Iseq lags European peers, but closes marginally ahead

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

Travel stocks slump as UK ponders national lockdown again

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

Markets report: Technology stocks rally on Wall Street

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

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

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

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

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

Company plans to invest €2.5m transforming nightclub into pub

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

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

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

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

Pub group says sales have grown briskly in current financial year

UK pub chain quits Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, citing the negative impact of online trolls

It makes business sense. Creating content is hard, and a good website is more valuable for them

Iseq follows other European bourses lower with Glanbia, Ryanair and BoI all down

Tim Martin criticises ‘misleading and incorrect’ statements on UK’s exit from EU

Operator of more than 900 pubs in UK and Ireland said like-for-like sales rose 6.1%

US shares edge up as investors shrug off North Korea’s latest missile test

Like-for-like sales grew 4% while total sales grew 4.1% to £1.66bn

Pub group attributes 5.3 per cent rise in sales for 11 weeks to July 9th to good summer

Development will create 200 jobs on site, with work due to start next year

Pub chain had previously signalled caution about second half of year

Pub chain has found itself bogged down in planning obstacles for two Dublin sites

Local resident says planned superpub part of trend to ‘completely alcoholise Camden Street’

Rising property prices and planning issues prompt pub group to rein in acquisitions

Pub chain’s founder and chairman says planning permission delays also a problem

Pubs in Ireland have become much more expensive in the past few years

Group revenues up 6.2% to £790.3m as pre-tax profits decline 3.9% to £36m

Plans for 152-room hotel in office block that sold for more than €18 million

Global indices hammered as sell-off spreads outwards from energy stocks

Pub group sees shares fall by 9% as it warns that rising staff costs are hurting margins

Groups says details on 656,723 customers and staff were stolen by hackers

Pub chain sees 2% fall in pre-tax profits despite rise in underlying sales

Pub chain has spent €3.65m renovating the Linen Weaver in Cork

Some 85 new jobs to be created with opening of The Old Borough

Moss Vision announces further 50 positions in Co Roscommon