Pub chain’s founder says £145m project dependent on UK ‘opening back up again on long-term basis’
JD Wetherspoon is going against the grain of closures in the struggling pub trade with a £145m investment in new venues and refurbishments that will create 2,000 jobs.
Wetherspoon’s has a pipeline of 75 projects, which includes 18 new pubs as well as 57 significant extensions and upgrades to existing venues within its estate of 871 premises.
