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Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin knighted in King's New Year Honours 2024
29.12.2023 - 22:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Wetherspoon founder and boss Tim Martin has been knighted as part of the New Year honours.
The outspoken businessman has been recognised for his service to hospitality and culture. He remarked that the knighthood came as a surprise.
He also paid tribute to Wetherspoon's employees and customers "who are getting the award really". The pub chain is nationally known for its low pricing ever since it's founding in 1979.
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He said: "It had never been expected, so it came out the blue. I always think that, in the pub world, it is a team effort – even if you’ve just got one pub there are many people involved.
“I think it’s the Wetherspoon colleagues and customers who are getting the award really, that’s the way I look at it. I’m just the lucky recipient.”
Sir Tim, who trained as a lawyer, added: "If I had been any good at the law, which I wasn’t, then I probably would have stuck at that… so it’s quite lucky I wasn’t.”
Currently, the company runs 816 pubs across the country. Initially, Sir TIm's first pub was called Martin's Free House but he changed it to JD Wetherspoon in 1980.
He said he owes the brand's success to four key elements: the staff, the design of the pubs, not playing "canned music", and selling real ale. Last month, the business revealed sales increased by almost a tenth in its last quarter.
Reports from the Daily Mail state that business secretary Kemi Badenoch pushed for Tim's nomination in a bid to show that Brexit-supporting entrepreneurs were not overlooked.
However, Sir Tim said: "Everyone had a vote, everyone had a view, and I
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