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Crêche out at Wetherspoons with a cheap, responsible pint

17.11.09
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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

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

Enterprise chief bites back in Wetherspoons argument

22.01.09
Consumer: A bar-room brawl erupted between two of Britain’s biggest pub groups today as Ted Tuppen, chief executive of Britain’s second-biggest pubs group Enterprise Inns, said: “I don’t take Wetherspoons terribly seriously.”... more

Group hugs for Ken, Mandy and George?

21.01.09
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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

Software boss in jail after his ‘admission’

13.10.08
Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists... more

Pity poor Hank, dumbing down with George

29.09.08
What must it be like being Hank Paulson? One minute you’re the head of Goldman Sachs, surrounded by some of the smartest people on the planet, and the next...you’re trying to explain the economic crisis to George Bush... more

China to thank for Hank’s crisis stance?

24.09.08
Hank Paulson spent most of his time in Beijing when he first became US Treasury Secretary. He often spoke admiringly of China’s economy, but did he grow a tad too fond of the constitution, too?... more

IPOs dry up as markets feel Lehman effect

15.09.08
Here is a startling measure of just how tough life currently is for investment bankers... 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

We must call to account these arrogant bankers

28.07.08
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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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