346:, Martin addressed his 40,000 employees by video message. He acknowledged the government would pay 80 per cent of the wages of staff at companies who have lost work during the crisis, but he said the money could take weeks to come through. Martin suggested that if some staff were offered jobs in supermarkets they should consider taking them and promised that he would give first preference to those who wanted to come back to Wetherspoons.
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exploiting his position as CEO. Wetherspoons responded by defending the mass mailing, stating it contained "... pro and anti Brexit articles to stimulate debate"; the proportionately minor mentions of views critical to a no deal Brexit were preceded by statements by Martin, deriding expert opinions and "the elite".
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January 2023, the Wetherspoons pub chain closed 11 pubs across the UK with 35 more up for sale, Martin stated that pubs across the UK were being crippled via unfair taxes in comparison to supermarkets. Martin went on to state that he was pushing for tax parity with supermarkets and unless this is
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rising and food shortages leading to stockpiling of supplies in the UK post-Brexit is merely scaremongering tactics deployed by pro-EU journalists, and mentioned the fact there were no increased queues in his restaurants as a result; after he removed French brandy from sale in his restaurants as an
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Wetherspoons mass posted a pro-Brexit magazine to an unknown number of households in
January 2019. The magazine claims to have a readership of two million. The employee campaign group, Spoons Workers Against Brexit, described the publication as dangerous propaganda, and said that Martin was
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Wetherspoons started opening more locations throughout the north of London, and eventually across the whole UK. In 1992, Wetherspoons was listed on the Stock Exchange as JD Wetherspoon plc.
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874:"Question Time in Exeter: Who is on the panel?"
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