https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Martin_(businessman)
5. Sir Timothy Randall Martin (born 28 April 1955) is an English businessman and the founder and chairman of Wetherspoons, a pub chain in the UK and Ireland. In 2016, Martin actively campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and was a strong supporter of Brexit, donating £200,000 to the Vote Leave campaign.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/wetherspoon-tim-martins-story-life-8204273
JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin, who lives in Exeter (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire) In 2019, Martin spoke to iNews about celebrating 40 years running the business, claiming he

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67843268
29 December 2023. PA Media. Wetherspoon pub chain founder Tim Martin has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. The Brexit campaigner has been recognised for his services to hospitality and

https://www.raconteur.net/leadership/ceo-on-the-spot-10-questions-with-wetherspoons-tim-martin
Tim Martin, the founder and chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain, is a unique character. The qualified barrister, who has never practised law, towers at 6ft 6 inches tall. He spent his childhood between Norwich and Auckland in New Zealand. After a brief stint as a sales representative for The Times newspaper, he bought his first pub in

https://www.ft.com/content/11c6c926-fc41-4fdf-87d1-69aa71c642b9
Chairman buys 2.6mn shares after 40 per cent fall in shares. ... Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin tops up on facebook ... JD Wetherspoon: Tim Martin (ch) 01 Feb 23: 457:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/behind-tim-martins-448million-fortune-29064817
Tim Martin, the boss behind Wetherspoons, has been named among the UK's biggest taxpayers as it emerged he paid £123 million in tax last year - but few people realise his £448million net worth

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/wetherspoons-spoons-tim-martin-knighthood-b2475196.html
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the King's New Year honours (Jonathan Brady/PA) PA Archive Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/brexitbacking-wetherspoon-boss-tim-martin-knighted-b1129552.html
Henry Saker-Clark December 29, 2023. Outspoken Wetherspoon founder and boss Tim Martin has been knighted in the New Year honours. The businessman, who was a vocal Brexit supporter during the 2016

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wetherspoon-tim-martin-knighted-new-year-honours-b2471062.html
Outspoken Wetherspoon founder and ardent Brexit supporter Tim Martin has been knighted in the new year honours. The pub tycoon has been recognised for his services to hospitality and culture. Mr

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wetherspoons-tim-martin-what-makes-great-leader-raconteur-media-plmue
Tim Martin, the founder and chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain, is a unique character. The qualified barrister, who has never practised law, towers at 6ft 6 inches tall. He spent his

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/04/wetherspoons-boss-tim-martin-interview
Tim Martin, founder of JD Wetherspoon. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian. ... At 6ft 6in, well built and ruddy-faced, he looks more like a farmer than a multi-millionaire chairman, and now

https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/wetherspoon-boss-tim-martin-19847863
Tim Martin's Wetherspoon pub chain has a presence in virtually every town and city in the UK. birminghampost Load mobile navigation. Around The UK. West Midlands; ... Founder and Chairman of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, speaking at a press conference in the Hamilton Hall pub, in central London, following the publication of the pub chain's full

https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/tims-viewpoint/
Tim Martin, Wetherspoon Chairman, appears on BBC's Question Time. A clip of Tim speaking about Free Trade has been viewed over 300,000 times. The EU Debate and the Circle of Deceit. ... Written by Tim Martin, founder and chairman of J D Wetherspoon. EU Referendum Beer Mats.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tim-martin-jd-wetherspoon-guinness-founder-sales-b1156260.html
Founder and chairman Tim Martin said the firm expects annual profits to be 'towards the top of market expectations'. Wetherspoon sales lifted over the past three months as it hailed strong

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/wetherspoon-profits-surge-as-customer-demand-grows-b1146989.html
Founder and chairman Tim Martin said it has seen sales 'continue to improve' into the new financial year. ... there has been a reduction in the number of trading Wetherspoon pubs, which peaked

https://wb.camra.org.uk/2024/01/03/spoons-founder-knighted
The founder of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain and its chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. Now with more than 800 pubs, 'Spoons is probably the country's largest retailer of cask ale from more small brewers than any other. Sir Tim said the news of his knighthood came "out of the blue" and "had never been

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/brexitbacking-wetherspoon-boss-tim-martin-knighted-b2471079.html
Friday 29 December 2023 22:30 GMT. Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the King's New Year honours (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Archive) Outspoken Wetherspoon founder and

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3ct0c25
Stephen Sackur speaks to Tim Martin, founder and chairman of the pub chain JD Wetherspoon.

https://www.ft.com/content/98b9952e-05ee-11ea-a984-fbbacad9e7dd
JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has launched an attack on two of his pub chain's biggest shareholders, accusing them of hypocrisy on corporate governance. ... Mr Martin, who has been chairman

https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/news/2016/06/eu-referendum
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said: " The referendum result will enhance freedom and security. "Some people will now be anxious, but concentrating on these immensely important factors will provide reassurance. "Anxiety about the economic effects of independence during the campaign was misplaced. "The UK will thrive as an

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/wetherspoon-profits-surge-as-customer-demand-grows-b2516936.html
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon revealed a jump in profits for the past year as it witnessed higher customer demand in the face of cost-of-living pressures. Founder and chairman Tim Martin said it has

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tim-martin-pledges-to-freeze-price-of-wetherspoons-breakfasts-amid-rising-food-c/
Wetherspoons chief vows to LBC listeners he will freeze price of famous breakfast this year. On Friday, Sir Tim said food prices had gone up 25% and that pubs were closing across the UK, including some Wetherspoons pubs. In February, the pub chain put up the price of its pints for the second time in six months.

https://www.ladbible.com/news/wetherspoons-time-martin-bought-different-name-965394-20230128
The website states: "For the first month of trading, it was called Martin's Free House - after its owner, Wetherspoon's founder and chairman Tim Martin. "Then, early in the new year of 1980, the

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/old-poundworld-to-become-one-of-wetherspoon-s-biggest-pubs/ar-BB1oSqPm
JD Wetherspoon takes its name from JD, a character in 1980s US TV show The Dukes of Hazzard, and the surname of one of chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin's old school teachers.