The UK-based pub operator warned that what chairman Tim Martin described as “increases in national insurance and labour rates ...

J.D. Wetherspoon posted an increase in pretax profit as sales edged up in the first half of fiscal 2025, but warned that it will have higher costs. The London-listed pub operator posted a pretax ...

London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open three points lower on Friday, having closed down 0.05% on Thursday at 8,701.99.

Martin said: "The company currently anticipates a reasonable outcome for the financial year, subject to our future sales ...

In the corporate sector, European airline stocks are likely to be in focus after it was announced that Heathrow Airport will be closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation ...

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JD Wetherspoon said a rise in national insurance contributions and pay will lift annual costs by around GBP60 million, and the pub firm reported a rise in half-year revenue. Pretax profit in the 26 ...

Pub giant Wetherspoons has reported sales above the £1bn mark in new interim results but chairman Tim Martin warned of the impact of rising costs.

Pub owner JD Wetherspoon reinstated its interim dividend on Friday after a solid increase in first-half underlying sales, but ...