All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 20
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News
Analyst corner: Rollo on pub companies - A Flat Pint
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley has said that pubs face an unenviable combination of weakening sales, mounting costs, and rising capex
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St Austell strengthens managed pubs team
St Austell has appointed the first dedicated head of HR for its managed division.
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Peach secures East Horsley site
Peach Pub Company has today taken on its latest pub, The Duke of Wellington in East Horsley in Surrey
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Analyst corner: Brumby on overexpansion
Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital looks at how “cheap cash & crowd-funding have ‘supply-pushed’ capacity”
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Analysis & Insight
Tim Martin on VAT and tax equality
JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin continues his argument for tax equality and argues that industry campaigns that prioritise excise duty help supermarkets as well as pubs
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NWTC acquires JDW site in Didsbury
The New World Trading Company has made its first acquisition since it was acquired by Graphite in a £50m deal in June.
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Hawthorn poised for further growth following year of investment
Hawthorn Leisure recorded a £9.5m pre-tax loss in 2015, but said the year saw an infrastructure put in place that would allow it to grow both its tenanted and leased and managed operations.
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Peach appoints new FD
Peach Pubs has appointed a Julie Centracchio, formerly of JD Wetherspoon, as its new finance director, as Joe Gartwaite departs the business.
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Analysis & Insight
Scores on the doors
The latest data from MCA’s comprehensive Eating Out Panel has revealed a strong showing for pub companies, outperforming their restaurant counterparts in terms of net promoter scores throughout the day. MCA’s director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at some of the reasons the Great British pub is still resonating so strongly with consumers.
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Analyst corner: Brumby on JDW
Following its trading update yesterday, leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital reports on the subsequent JD Wetherspoon conference call
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Analysis & Insight
Nando’s tops restaurant brands at lunch and dinner
Nando’s cemented its status as the most popular chain restaurant at lunch and dinner with a strong performance in Q3, the latest MCA data has shown.
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JDW seeks tenants for £4.5m Ramsgate development
JD Wetherspoon is seeking operators to join it in a £4.5m development in Ramsgate, Kent.
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Analysis & Insight
Hungry Horse gains visit share as JDW form dips
Greene King is seeing dividends from its investment in Hungry Horse, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown, as JD Wetherspoon loses share at key dayparts.
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JDW Q1 lfls up 3.5%
JD Wetherspoon has this morning updated on trading for the 13 weeks to 23 October, in which total sales grew 2.3%.
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Five minutes with….. Tim Martin, JDW
This week, MCA takes five minutes with JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman, Tim Martin
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Fast food must modernise to win back young
Fast food operators must modernise to win back younger consumers, MCA can reveal.
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Opinion
Perfect pitch
As we move into the final quarter of the year, there is a sense that operators across the sector are having to reassess the levels they have set on their respective “business graphic equalisers” to match the increasing headwinds. The majority are being faced with the questions of do you dial down investment on marketing and expansion whilst fading up funding on recruitment/training and maintenance capex?
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JDW and Punch push for greater sustainability
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) and Punch have signed up to the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA)’s Food Made Good scheme
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Burns: Changing capex cycle
Leading analyst Karl Burns at Investec believes like-for-like sales growth will be driven by increasing capital investment moving forward
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Sports Bar & Grill returns to the market
Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill concept – has placed the five-strong chain back on the market