2 h. ago Wetherspoons boss accuses Ed Miliband of making drinkers pay for his Net Zero targets after 'huge stealth taxes' cost pub chain millions

Sir Tim Martin said taxes added to energy bills and designed to pay for the transition away from fossil fuels and to build new nuclear plants are spurring inflation - and so driving up drink prices.

Economics

14 h. ago Wetherspoon’s boss pledges to ‘try very hard’ not to increase prices

Sir Tim Martin said ‘trendy’ spirits and cocktails are increasingly popular across their pubs

Economics

19 h. ago Price hikes will be limited despite cost pressures, Wetherspoon’s boss says

The company, which operates nearly 800 pubs across the UK, has benefited from trading continuing to improve in recent months.

Economics

2 w. ago Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin tells Brits to drink more pints to live longer

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin claimed the longest-lived nations all enjoy a tipple - so Brits should. get down the boozer more - but did also tell us to take his advice 'with a pinch of salt'

Politics

2 w. ago Wetherspoons to slash prices for one day this week over tax ‘disparity’

The company, which runs 794 pubs in the UK and Ireland, said it will drop food and drink prices by 7.5% on Thursday September 18.

Economics

2 w. ago Heartwarming moment as runner sacrifices his own race to help injured rival

Steeplechaser Tim Van de Velde stopped to help rival Carlos San Martin at the World Athletics Championships, after he had suffered a painful injury during the race

Events

3 w. ago Wetherspoon founder's quiet life in pretty coastal town where properties fetch millions

Sir Tim Martin, the founder of pub chain JD Wetherspoon, has amassed a fortune of around £280million. He now lives in a multi-million pound home in a pretty Devon town

Politics

3 w. ago Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin slams 'perverse' tax system that 'harms' pubs

The founder of pub giant JD Wetherspoon claims 'tax disparity' in favour of supermarkets is harming the 'social fabric of the nation'

Economics