UK pub chain: Smoking ban driving expansion plans

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon said today that it planned to open 30 new pubs and create 1,200 jobs next year.

UK pub chain: Smoking ban driving expansion plans

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon said today that it planned to open 30 new pubs and create 1,200 jobs next year.

The expansion – part of investment in its estate worth £60m (€89m) – comes as the group prepares for the introduction of a smoking ban in England and Wales.

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