Pub group JD Wetherspoon has said it expects a “reasonable” full year result as it said good weather helped buoy recent sales. The chain of 795 pubs across the UK reported like-for-like sales up 5.6% in the 13 weeks to April 27. #JDWetherspoon #pubs
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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post and here are your headlines for today.
00:07The pub group J.D. Wetherspoon has said it expects to achieve a reasonable four-year result, as it said good weather had helped to boost recent sales.
00:18The chain of 795 pubs across the UK reported like-for-like sales up by 5.6% in the 13 weeks to April 27.
00:30The company's chairman, Tim Martin, said that bearing in mind that recent trading had helped by favourable weather, the company anticipates a reasonable outcome for the financial year, notwithstanding previously reported wage and tax increases of around £1.2 million per week.
00:49My name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.