Tim Martin says succession planning has begun at JD Wetherspoon as new figures show the pub giant paid £837m in tax last year. The founder warns VAT and business rates continue to hold back sector ...

Sir Tim Martin says UK pubs cannot retain their historic role without VAT and business rates equality with supermarkets, ...

Each 'Spoons pub pays more than £1m in tax ...

Watford-based giant JD Wetherspoon is paying more than £1 million in tax per pub as its founder, Sir Tim Martin, is included among the UK's ...

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has hailed the founding fathers of America as his biggest inspiration as he spoke ahead of the opening of a new pub named after a 759-year-old peace treaty. Tim Martin said ...

Watford-based JD Wetherspoon is perhaps the UK's most recognisable food and drink chains, while its owner is one of the most well-known individuals in the industry.

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has revealed his business faces cost rises of £100m this financial year as a result of recent government policy.

Pubs pay about 20 times more business rates per pint than supermarkets, the boss of Wetherspoons has declared. Founder Tim Martin claimed the tax can account for 28p of the average £5 pint of beer in ...