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Tim Martin: ‘Not up to Burnham’ to choose who is on the high street

cityam.com · 3dShare

Britain’s pubs have few more committed defenders than Sir Tim Martin. The Norwich-born businessman founded JD Wetherspoon in 1979 when he bought his first pub in Muswell Hill, initially named Martin’s Free House. Since rebranding the pub to Wetherspoon – named after a former teacher of Martin’s who could not control his class – it [...]

First report: Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says government ‘unfriendly to entrepreneurs’ amid wealth exodus concerns — cityam.com, 4d