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Wetherspoon may keep its divi on hold after sales slip

04.11.09
The bastion of bargain boozing JD Wetherspoon was forced to admit that the drowning of recessionary sorrows has gone flat ... more

Oxford St killjoys block ice rink plan

26.10.09
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Builder faces £25,000 bill over pub row

08.10.09
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Cheap beer sees record profits at Wetherspoon

11.09.09
JD Wetherspoon showed rivals how to prosper in a recession, when it unveiled a record set of results that defy the blight in the pub trade... more

Banks rally although bad times are round the corner

31.07.09
Banks will be back in the spotlight next week when they report second-quarter profits. But if the pin-stripes in the boardroom were expected to suffer from a touch of nerves, they were not showing it ... more

Wetherspoon urged to grow at the double

15.07.09
JD Wetherspoon, the pubs chain known for cheap beer and no music, is nimbly skirting the crisis in the industry... more

Heritage Oil on a rocky ride in fundraising to buy Genel

15.06.09
Shares of Heritage Oil hit a low for the day of 510p before rebounding with a rise of 26½p to 532p after announcing plans to raise up to £137 million to help finance the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International... more

Credit Suisse is backing the pub chains despite closures

20.05.09
Six pubs close every day across the country, but that has not stopped the combined stock-market capitalisation of the UK’s pub chain operators soaring 95% since January ... more

Headache for pub giants as MPs seek tied-trade probe

13.05.09
Just like a prize hangover that kicks in after the event, shares in the leading pub chain operators were nursing a stonker today... more

Wetherspoon triumphs in court against agent

07.04.09
Tim Martin — founder and chairman of pub chain J D Wetherspoon — was celebrating a victory in the High Court... more

Just a small one, madam? Get ready for the 125ml wine glass

25.03.09
Bars and pubs will be forced to offer wine in smaller glasses under a new government clampdown on drinking... more

Wetherspoon chief blames Government for binge drinking

13.03.09
JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has attacked a teenage "vodka-drinking culture", claiming the pub trade and the police are paying the price for failed Government policies... more

Wetherspoon boss: Safer for teenagers to drink inside pubs

13.03.09
The founder of budget pub chain JD Wetherspoon has warned of a growing "vodka-drinking culture" among teenagers... more

Bears feel the squeeze as positive view holds sway

13.03.09
The decision of stock-market investors to take a more upbeat view of prospects this week appears to have met with some success... more

RBS leads banks' upward charge despite that big loss

26.02.09
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Cut-price beer pays off but Wetherspoon dumps divi

20.01.09
Leisure: JD Wetherspoon’s big gamble of slashing the price of a pint to less than £1 is paying off, but the credit crunch has forced the discount pubs chain to axe the dividend and cut back drastically on expansion plans... more

Citi warns of a grim night out at the pub for years

12.01.09
The smoking ban, competition from the supermarkets and a general lack of cash in people’s pockets are continuing to take a heavy toll on the UK’s big pub operators and restaurant chains... more

Wetherspoon holding up well but divi is threatened

04.11.08
Britons drinking their way through the credit crunch might not be enough to save the dividend at pubs group JD Wetherspoon... more

Rate-cut hopes spark cautious Footsie rally

29.10.08
Hard-pressed financials led the charge as stock-market investors pinned their hopes on an early and sizeable cut in interest rates ... more

SSL joins pubs in sales surge

14.10.08
Health: A picture is emerging of how consumers plan to see out the credit crisis and a possible recession: drinking and, well, having an early night... more

Upside of the downturn

10.10.08
Never mind all the gloom and doom — there are still lots of things to smile about... more

Market report: Ferrexpo at record low after big holder sells off

06.10.08
It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat... more

Wetherspoon calls an end to the pubs gloom

05.09.08
Leisure: Maverick pubs boss Tim Martin is calling the end of the recession in the nation's boozers as JD Wetherspoon reported its busiest ever August... more

Market report: RSA climbs on talk of a bid move from Allianz

05.09.08
RSA Insurance provided one of the few beams of sunshine in a gloomy market, jumping 7.2p to 165.5p on rumours that another foreign predator, this time Germany’s Allianz, is sniffing around... more

Market report: Demand for equities ‘at six-year low and falling’

02.09.08
It's not just the pound that is feeling the heat from the credit crunch and looming recession, the stock market, in case you hadn’t already noticed, is also suffering... more

Bank’s gloom taking a toll on the big retailers

13.08.08
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Punch frothing up with CVC in the frame to bid

04.08.08
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Market report: Qataris out shopping for Sainsbury's again

28.07.08
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Sales up at Wetherspoon as value proves tempting

16.07.08
Drinkers are trading down to pubs and bars where they can get more for their money in these times of economic woe... more

Drunken stars fuel culture of booze, says pubs boss

07.03.08
The chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain has criticised the binge culture in Britain and blamed heavy-drinking celebrities... more

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