Tag Archives: Tim Martin

Grieving Mattey accuses LibDems of ‘weaponising’ complaints

Posted on December 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Sutton Council administration’s most vocal critic is to be hauled before a ‘kangaroo court’, at a time when he is organising his mother’s funeral. Report by CARL SHILTON Senior officials at Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council are insisting on staging … Continue reading →

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Wetherspoon’s Purley pub set to cease trading next month

Posted on November 22, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Foxley Hatch in Purley, one of the last remaining Wetherspoon pubs in Croydon, will have its last day of trading on Sunday, December 3, the company has confirmed to Inside Croydon. The Foxley Hatch was put up for sale … Continue reading →

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Six years after they closed it, ‘Spoons’ to sell Grape and Grain

Posted on August 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

The “Brexit dividend” is really not paying off for Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin, with another landmark pub put up for sale. Probably worse for the area generally is the potentially permanent loss of one of south London’s most popular live … Continue reading →

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Wetherspoons confirm closure of Purley pub as Brexit bites

Posted on September 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

The Foxley Hatch in Purley is to close by the end of October, one of 32 Wetherspoons pubs put up for sale across the country. The Foxley Hatch will be the third Wetherspoons in Croydon to close this year, following … Continue reading →

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Wetherspoons confirm imminent closure of second busy pub

Posted on March 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

After a month of issuing “no comments” on its future, Wetherspoons have confirmed that they are to close the popular Skylark pub on South End. The move has been described as “a huge loss for the area”. The decision comes … Continue reading →

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It’s a Valentine’s day massacre as Spoons close Milan Bar

Posted on February 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

One of the town centre’s biggest and most popular pubs, The Milan Bar, is to close for a final time this weekend, the management at JD Wetherspoons confirmed to Inside Croydon. But the company refused to deny reports that another … Continue reading →

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Pay Your Staff: Disgusted locals send Spoons a message

Posted on March 26, 2020 by insidecroydon

No one would be foolish enough to suggest that Wetherspoons’ climbdown yesterday over paying their workers was prompted by it, but some people in Crystal Palace made what they think of the odious Tim Martin plain on Tuesday night as … Continue reading →

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Wetherspoons boss’s Croydon no-show on his Brexit pub crawl

Posted on December 7, 2018 by insidecroydon

Tim Martin, the boss of the JD Wetherspoons pub chain, failed to turn up for his own Brexit talk at one of his pubs in Croydon this afternoon. Martin, the founder and chairman of the cut-price pub chain, was due … Continue reading →

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