Wetherspoons expected to announce annual loss

Some 88% of female entrepreneurs on the Going for Growth programme pivoted their businesses during Covid a survey of participants has found.

Pub giant Wetherspoons is expected to tumble to an annual loss after sales were hammered by the mass closure of sites in the face of the coronavirus lockdown.

The pub group will announce its annual results for the year to July on Friday, but investors will be particularly keen for an update on recent trading.