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[ignoble] 08/5/2019 18:14

Made me hungry ...
Really good value ...

[buywell2] 08/5/2019 18:02

Today I had a very nicely cooked 8oz sirloin steak, chips, mushroom, tomato , garden peas for 5.99 at Tim's PLUS a side of mushy peas another 50p


yum yum

buywell

Last of the big spenders

[johnwise] 08/5/2019 16:05

Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon has a successful formula ..My local Spoons is really busy, most evenings standing room only

Silly comment... "Peel Hun and Liberum brokers are urging the company to increase pricing to drive forward higher profitability".. and drive away customers

[zztop] 08/5/2019 15:42

New pub opens in Liverpool this monthNear waterfront not far from royal albert dock ...pier head .liver buildingsOf course it will do very well.

[ariane] 08/5/2019 12:01

Wetherspoons urged to raise prices for profit growth
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By LLB Reporter at 11:44 am May 8, 2019 Business News, Food & Drink

Wetherspoons the pub chain has been urged to raise prices by the City, as their strong sales performance continues to be offset by higher costs.

Like-for-like sales for the UK’s pub chain rose by 7.6% in the 13 weeks to 28 April whilst comparable sales growth was 6.8% for the year to date.

City analysts voiced their fears growth in not translated into higher profits, on Wednesday share’s fell by more than 4% in early morning trading.

Profit before tax is broadly flat at just over £100m compared to £107.2m in 2018.

Peel Hunt analysts said their confidence in Wetherspoons full year outcome is “declining, from already low levels” over cost pressure and low pricing on the pub chains margins.

Peel Hun and Liberum brokers are urging the company to increase pricing to drive forward higher profitability.

[grupo] 08/5/2019 09:11

Duncan Ferris
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08 May, 2019 08:50
JD Wetherspoon's third quarter sales boosted despite closures
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JD Wetherspoon continues to see trading in line with expectations as it said third quarter sales jumped by 8.4% compared to the year before, bringing total year to date sales up by 7.6%, despite the number of pubs operated by the company dropping by four since the start of its financial year.
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The UK pub chain's total sales for the 13-week period up to 28 April 2019.jumped by 8.4% compared to the year before and like-for-like sales climbed by 7.6%, bringing total year to date sales up by 7.6% and year to date like-for-like sales up by 6.8%.

The FTSE 250-traded company has opened three new pubs and closed seven since the start of its financial year, though it intends to open two further pubs in the final quarter.

Across the year to date, Wetherspoon has splashed out £70.9m on buying the freeholds of pubs of which the company was previously a previously tenant, though the company said its position remained "sound" with net debt at 28 April standing at £746m and is expected to be around £740m at the end of the financial year.

Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said: "We continue to anticipate a trading outcome for this financial year in line with our previous expectations."

[johnwise] 08/5/2019 07:47

08/05/2019 7:00am

RNS Number : 2908Y

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC Trading Statement

Current trading

For the 13 weeks to 28 April 2019 like-for-like sales increased by 7.6% and total sales increased by 8.4%. Year-to-date like-for-like sales have increased by 6.8% and total sales have increased by 7.6%.

[johnwise] 30/4/2019 08:41

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[bountyhunter] 28/4/2019 23:22

I always go to Wetherspoon's in Wales wherever possible, at Brecon the George is excellent.

[luderitz] 28/4/2019 22:37

“we spent a week in Llandudno recently - quite a few pubs but very "cliquey"
not made welcome”

What did you expect in Wales😃

[maywillow] 24/4/2019 07:58

SORRY WRONG THREAD

[2trying] 21/4/2019 22:24

Well , hopefully this will be of interest .

1 - we spent a week in Llandudno recently - quite a few pubs but very "cliquey"
not made welcome - went to 'spoons , think it's called The Palladium , wow what a pub superb food ,superb service . Well done Tim...

2 -

We live nearby - 100% correct .

[ignoble] 21/4/2019 21:04

Where I live , a few Pubs have closed over the last years
Problem is now that the ones that are left are very busy , almost too busy.
A couple have signs in the door "Local Residents Only".

[the grumpy old men] 21/4/2019 19:41

BBC

Seventy-six pubs 'shutting per month', but closure rate slowing



Nearly 1,000 UK pubs shut last year, although the rate of closures is slowing, new research claims.

About 76 pubs a month "vanished" from the communities they served in 2018, as people spent less on going out and pubs faced cost pressures, said property firm Altus Group.

But this was down from 138 a month during the previous seven years.

Alex Probyn, of Altus Group, said recent cuts to business rates had helped.

"The increase in the thresholds at which businesses, such as pubs, pay business rates coupled with the pubs discount during the last two financial years has helped ease the decline."

According to the firm's research, the number of pubs slumped from more than 54,000 to 43,000 between 2010 and 2017.
'Triple whammy'

Industry group the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) says more people are drinking at home to save money, while younger people are consuming less alcohol in general.

And pubs have faced a "triple whammy" of taxes in the form of high Beer Duty, VAT and business rates.

"Pubs currently pay 2.8% of the business rates bill but only account for 0.5% of total business turnover, which is an overpayment of around £500m by the sector each year," it says on its website.

High business rates are also viewed as contributing to the rising number of retail closures on Britain's high streets.

But Altus said government changes to rates were starting to benefit the pubs industry, with the number liable to pay rates at all down by more than 1,500.

It added that new rates relief, brought in on 1 April by the Chancellor, would help further.

"The new retail discount, which slashed rates bills by a third for high street firms with a rateable value less than £51,000, will help independent licensees in small premises," said Mr Probyn.

[johnwise] 21/4/2019 16:57

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[tonytaxi] 20/4/2019 08:40

Adrian ... thanks for the info . I'm looking forward to that hotel opening .

[adrian j boris] 19/4/2019 12:01

Wetherspoons is opening two new pubs in Ireland. They are Tullow Gate in Carlow and The Silver Penny on Abbey Street in Dublin and both are expected to be in business by mid-May.

The Silver Penny will have two bars, with the main bar on the ground floor serving a large two storey space surrounded by a first-floor gallery and an impressive roof light.

As well as the pubs a new 89-bedroom hotel and bar is set to open in January 2020 in Dublin. The three new pubs will bring the number of Wetherspoon outlets in Ireland to eight, with more on the cards.


A total of 27 million euros is being invested on the three new establishments, with the creation of roughly 570 new jobs.

Tim Martin, Wetherspoon’s chairman, said of the developments, “We have enjoyed great success with our five existing pubs in the Republic of Ireland and are looking forward to opening the three new outlets. We will continue to look for other sites.”

[tonytaxi] 18/4/2019 15:03

Should be a boom weekend for JDW with the good Easter weather . Does anyone have a date for the new Dublin hotel opening ?.

[johnwise] 17/4/2019 18:42

BREXIT Nigel Farage update: "I want peaceful political revolution, I'll be back at EU Parliament"


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[mroalan] 16/4/2019 09:49

16 Apr '19 - 08:30 - 222930 of 222933 Edit
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This was done because, in October 2016, May instructed the Cabinet Office, Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence to lock us into the emerging European Defence Union. In June 2017, she attended the European Council where she approved the European Defence Fund, the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, and PESCO. But in her statement to Parliament the following week, she omitted all references to it. This too was unconstitutional.

Defence Agency, the European Union Institute for Security Studies, and the European Union Satellite Centre, as well as to the costs of Common Security and Defence Policy operations”. The Commission’s own stats show that, during the period 2021-28, this will cost us €31.3 billion.
“The ‘deal’ surrenders British national security by subordinating UK defence forces to Military EU control and compromising UK Intelligence capabilities."
compromising UK Intelligence capabilities.see i thought that was humorous,inteligence there shirley aving a laugh,mro.
"But why is it any surprise? Always remember, the government is NOT your friend, the government does NOT work for you, any actual ‘good’ the government does for us is certain to be unintentional, accidental or an electoral bribe which while it may be welcome to many usually turns out in the long run not to be a ‘good’ thing at all." he,s obviously ear wigging this board,mro.
Jon Watson
April 15, 2019 at 4:18 pm
“The Commission’s own stats show that, during the period 2021-28, this will cost us €31.3 billion.” I don’t understand. That bit of the Agreement (Article 156) only runs until the end of 2020.
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"Not so. Things signed outside the WA overrule it. These include the Framework Partnership Agreement and the political declaration, which very clearly sign the UK up for participation. The 2012-28 Budget, by the way, is a whopping twenty times bigger than its predecessor, the 2014-21. JW"


There is three parts to Johns post,above is taken from part 2,not read part 3 as yet,mro.

[ignoble] 12/4/2019 15:29

First time ever ...
Fish and Chips at Spoons
Not bad at all and under £7 including a beer.
Batter not at all greasy , rather good the more I think about it.
Good value as ever

[florenceorbis] 12/4/2019 08:17

Peel Hunt Hold UP FROM 1,225.00 TO 1,300.00 Reiterates

[thailand] 11/4/2019 23:59

Presume you're just back from Curry Club, 2trying.

[2trying] 11/4/2019 23:18

From Mr Macron -


Please Mrs Merkel , tell us the French position .

1 - when do we surrender ?
2 - who do we surrender to ?
3 - when do we start collaberating ?
4 - when do we get some money ?
5 - when do we blame it all on the British ?
6 - honestly Mrs Merkel , when can Germany invade us next
because it's the only thing that can help our economy ?
7 - if we can reach an agreement with Spain , so that we get the Channel
Islands , Spain gets Gibraltar , will you help us send all our immigrants
to Britain ?