Wetherspoon's first-quarter sales slump on fresh Covid-19 restrictions

Reported sales are down 27.6% in the 15 weeks ended November 8.

Wetherspoon's chairman Tim Martin has been an outspoken critic of coronavirus restrictions. Picture: Denis Scannell

Pub operator J D Wetherspoon posted lower sales for the first quarter of its new financial year, hit by fresh coronavirus restrictions, including changes in tier categories and a 10pm curfew in the UK.

The company said 756 of its pubs in England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are closed, while 64 pubs in Scotland and 51 in Wales are currently open.