JD Wetherspoon to open pubs at 7am

PUB chain JD Wetherspoon has announced it is to open from 7am next month.

JD Wetherspoon is planning to extend its morning opening hours after five years of breakfast trading from 9am.

Watford-based JD Wetherspoon also hailed record profits and sales despite a difficult trading environment that has seen many smaller pubs collapse.

Profits before tax and exceptional items rose 17.5% to £36.2 million in the 26 weeks to January 24 on total sales up 4.1% at £488.1m.

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: “I think by opening at 7am it will be a significant boost, especially since in many of the towns and suburbs that we operate they don’t have other chains open at that time.”