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The FTSE 100 index was closed up 10.37 at 7,367 on Wednesday
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JD Wetherspoon PLC
LON:JDW
J D Wetherspoon plc is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in the development and management of public houses. The Company owns and operates pubs throughout the United Kingdom.
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Mr Brexit to invest 15mln EURO as Wetherspoon launches Dublin 'super pub'
Tim Martin's J D Wetherspoon is launching its biggest ever single investment, developing a new site within the European Union.
JD Wetherspoon nudges higher as it lifts full-year expectations once again
“Although there are still 7 weeks left of the current 53-week financial year, we anticipate a slightly better trading outcome than was foreseen at the last update”
Citigroup cuts stance on JD Wetherspoon on valuation grounds, and amid concern over UK consumers
In a note to clients, the US bank’s analysts said: “Since early July 2016 JDW’s share price has increased 50% and the shares are now trading close to our 1,030p target price.”
Wetherspoon's boss launches another tirade against the CBI, as he forecasts a “slightly improved” trading outcome
The pubs group's chairman, Tim Martin, used the group’s third-quarter trading update to lambast the “current desperation of the CBI and others for a 'deal'” over Brexit
FTSE 100 dragged lower as Brexit worries whirl; Sainsbury's weighs
The FTSE 100 closed 15.52 down at 7,234 with Sainsbury's and mining shares under pressure
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Deterioration of conditions for grocers eyed in updates from Sainsbury and Ocado
Day ahead; J Sainsbury, Ocado, Imperial Brands, Paddy Power Betfair ...
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HSBC may struggle to match rivals
HSBC is the last of the big four banks to report with more uncertainty over the outcome than for its UK-centric rivals.
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Elon Musk and Donald Tusk: one is popular, the other is called Donald
Openreach becomes more open; Elon Musk proposes battery farm down under; mullet-haired pub bore has a point
“Budget for dinner parties”: Wetherspoon boss slams Chancellor’s action on pubs
The pub chain enjoyed solid growth over the past six months, but as usual, the main talking point is what its boss, Tim Martin, had to say…
FTSE 100 ends higher as BT declares Openreach plans, US jobs gain
FTSE 100 stocks ended higher on Friday, led by telecoms behemoth BT after confirming it would separate Openreach
Margin worries lead two brokers to downgrade ratings for JD Wetherspoon ahead of interims
Peel Hunt has downgraded its rating for Wetherspoon to ‘reduce’ from ‘hold’ with a target price of 925p, while, Shore Capital cut its stance to ‘sell’ from ‘hold’.
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Limited wiggle in the Budget for Hammond
The Chancellor of the Exchequer may have a lower debt burden to deal with than he was expecting at the time of the Autumn Statement but he is unlikely to splurge
Greene King the pick of the pubs & restaurants sector, DB says
Deutsche Bank comes not to Bury St Edmunds, but to praise the Suffolk-based brewer
Barclays turns cautious on pubs operator Mitchells & Butlers amid worries about deteriorating cash flows
Analysts at the bank have cut their rating for M&B shares to ‘underweight’ from ‘equal-weight’ with an unchanged target price of 220p.
Peel Hunt no longer following the bear at 'Spoons
We've heard of a disguised profit warning, but disguised profits upgrades are considerably more rare
Wetherspoon cautious despite raising expections a tad
Chairman Tim Martin did not spurn the opportunity to gloat over how the predictions of doom and gloom post the Breixt vote failed to materialise
European growth anticipated for Burberry Group
“We expect Burberry’s Q3 trading update (to be released tomorrow before the market) to show similar trends to Q2," Haitong said.