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JD Wetherspoon JD Wetherspoon is planning to expand its chain of 680 pubs with 30 new outlets over the next financial year. 30-Apr-2008 JD Wetherspoon is planning to invest £35m opening 30 new pubs in 2007, and up to 1,200 jobs will be created. 03-Jan-2007 JD Wetherspoon is to reduce the number of new pub openings from 28 to 15 next year. 06-Sep-2004 Exel is to create 250 jobs in Daventry, having won a £100m national distribution contract from pub operator JD Wetherspoon. 01-Apr-2004 JD Wetherspoon has sold 17 pubs to The Laurel Pub Company for £10m, taking Laurel's estate to 643. 11-Jun-2003 JD Wetherspoon is recruiting up to 40 staff for its new £1.2m pub venue in Whitehaven, which is due to open next month. 24-Feb-2003 JD Wetherspoon is to reduce the number of new pub openings from 80 to about 55 in the current financial year. 02-Dec-2002 JD Wetherspoon has announced plans to open 110 pubs in 2001 to add to the existing 462, as part of a £400m expansion programme that will create about 3,000 jobs. 02-Jan-2001 JD Wetherspoon is looking to set up about 50 pubs in Ireland over the next five years, with the first opening in Ballymena. 14-Aug-2000 JD Wetherspoon has bought 10 Lloyds No 1 pubs from Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for undisclosed terms. 28-Jul-2000 JD Wetherspoon has raised £44m in a share placing, and plans to invest up to £700m expanding its chain of pubs to more than 800 over the next five years. 31-Jan-2000 JD Wetherspoon has announced plans to open a further 500 pubs by the end of 2004 with the creation of 15,000 jobs, and about 90 outlets will open this year. 05-Jan-2000 JD Wetherspoon is to invest £12m in a new hotel in Birmingham and a number of new bars across the West Midlands with the creation of 250 jobs, as part of a nationwide expansion programme. 11-Sep-1999 JD Wetherspoon has confirmed that construction work on a new £2.5m pub in Plymouth will start in six weeks, one of 80 new outlets being planned throughout the country. 02-Jun-1999 JD Wetherspoon is selling nine pubs to the Ambishus Pub Company for £4.7m, and is also raising about £80m through the sale and leaseback of 55 pubs. 13-Mar-1999 JD Wetherspoon is planning to build one of the country's largest pubs in Plymouth later this year, with the creation of 50 jobs. 03-Mar-1999 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open two new bars in Leeds, having identified suitable properties in The Headrow and Kirkgate. 01-Mar-1999 JD Wetherspoon is planning to build a £1m pub in Bridlington with the creation of 25 jobs. 22-Feb-1999 JD Wetherspoon is planning to invest £100m in the opening of a further 80 pubs in 1999, which will create 2,000 jobs. 29-Dec-1998 JD Wetherspoon is moving into Northern Ireland with plans for a £1m bar complex in Londonderry, creating 30 jobs. 24-Nov-1998 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open a £1.5m pub in Union Street, Plymouth, creating 35 jobs. 12-Oct-1998 JD Wetherspoon is to continue to expand its pubs chain by about 80 new outlets a year, and claims there are plenty of suitable sites. 16-Sep-1998 The Ambishus Pub Company is planning to rise £3m in a share placing in order to fund the acquisition of 10 more pubs from JD Wetherspoon. 23-Jun-1998 JD Wetherspoon has arranged a deal with Castlemore Securities for the £29m sale and leaseback of 14 pubs, in order to raise money for the expansion of its pub chain. 02-Jun-1998 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open a further 50 pubs over the next six months. 11-Mar-1998 JD Wetherspoon is planning to speed up its expansion programme by opening 60 new pubs a year over the next three years. 05-Sep-1997 JD Wetherspoon and Whitbread have both announced bans on the sale of alcopop alcoholic fruit drinks in their pubs, due to concerns over under-age drinking. 05-Aug-1997 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open 350 new pubs over the next 5 years in a £350m expansion plan which will create 10,000 jobs. 02-Apr-1997 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open about 30 pubs this year, and 60 pubs a year from next year. 05-Sep-1996 JD Wetherspoon aims to invest £30m per year on the development of new pubs over the next five years. 10-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008