Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin attacks Brexit critics. So why aren't he and Greene King more upbeat about future?
The IndependentSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has used his latest results statement to take potshots at the majority of FTSE 100 companies, the CBI the IMF, the OECD, the Treasury, Goldman Sachs, PricewaterhouseCoopers and “the great preponderance of other banks and institutions”. In a long and rambling rant, Mr Martin accused them of making “lurid claims” likening them to the “mythical punter who gets everything wrong”. Saner heads in Government realise, even if Mr Martin doesn’t, the danger of pressing ahead without securing trade deals with our main partners. Amid Mr Martin’s posturing there were also some results, which showed a 5.4 per cent increase in revenue to £1.6bn and a 3.6 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £81m at his pubs.
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