Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said:"Rather perplexingly, the Daily Mail made similar, inaccurate comments about Wetherspoon almost exactly a year ago, as our press release of 4 August 2023, in appendix 1 below, illustrates. APPENDIX 14 August 2023Correction regarding Daily Mail article of 1 August 2023A Daily Mail article of 1 August 2023 was headlined: "Wetherspoons closes more pubs with dozens of boozers across Britain earmarked for closure…". The statement by the Daily Mail that "dozens of boozers across the UK (are) earmarked for closure" also creates a misleading and exaggerated impression. It said that the majority of the Wetherspoon pubs in question "had another [Wetherspoon] pub nearby". That is certainly not the impression the Daily Mail article gave."

Source: Daily Mail August 09, 2024 13:57 UTC