![]() ![]() ![]() Martin used this as evidence that there was no post-Brexit referendum slowdown as predicted by economists. In January 2017, Wetherspoons published figures showing an increase in sales of more than 3%. Throughout the campaign, he gave his reasons for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. In 2016, Martin donated £200,000 to the Vote Leave campaign. Martin was a staunch supporter of Brexit in 2016, representing these views for journalists and on political TV programmes such as the BBC's Politics Live, and Sky News, and BBC Radio 4 programmes including Today, Question Time and Farming Today. Martin went on to state that he is pushing for tax parity with supermarkets and unless this is implemented the pub industry would inevitably shrink. In January 2022, the Wetherspoons pub chain closed 10 pubs across the UK with 35 more up for sale, Martin stated that pubs across the UK are being crippled via unfair taxes in comparison to supermarkets. Īs of February 2023, Martin owned 30.77m shares (23.90% of shares). He visits at least 15 Wetherspoons outlets each week. He is an admirer of Sam Walton's business philosophy. ![]() In 2005, Martin was voted the fifth most influential person in the UK pub industry. In 2000, under Martins leadership, Wetherspoons opened its 400th location and by 2008 the number had increased to 800 Wetherspoons locations. In 1998, Martin kept expanding the companies operations and opened 20 locations in one month in July, with seven opening on the same day. In 1992 Wetherspoons was listed on the Stock Exchange as JD Wetherspoon plc. Īfter the initial opening of Martins first location, the organisation kept growing and expanding as Wetherspoons started opening more locations throughout the north of London, and eventually across the whole UK. His brother Gerry also ran a pub chain, Old Monk, which was listed in 1998, but went out of business in 2002. He bought his first pub, in Muswell Hill, in 1979 which was originally named Martin’s Free House before renaming to Wetherspoons, named after one of Martin's teachers who stated he would never be a success. Martin is the founder and chairman of Wetherspoon. His early jobs included working on a building site in Ware, and acting as a sales representative for The Times. The Six Templars in Hertford, seen in November 2020 ![]() He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Nottingham, and qualified as a barrister in 1979, but has never practised. Martin was educated at eleven schools in New Zealand and Northern Ireland, including Campbell College, Belfast, and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. His father served in the Royal Air Force and then worked for brewing multinational Guinness plc, where he became Malaysian marketing director. Timothy Martin was born on 28 April 1955 in Norwich. In 2016, Martin actively campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and was a strong supporter of Brexit, donating £200,000 to the Vote Leave campaign. Timothy Randall Martin (born 28 April 1955) is an English businessman and the founder and chairman of Wetherspoons, a pub chain in the UK and Ireland. ![]()
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