Pub group JD Wetherspoon has said 22 of its pubs remain up for sale after offloading 28 already so far this year as part of an overhaul of its estate.
The group denied the move was a “money-raising exercise” amid tough trading conditions, insisting that the “almost all” of the sales are in areas where it has another pub nearby.
It comes after the firm – which has 827 pubs across the UK – warned last September that 32 pubs were being put up for sale due to a “commercial decision” as it battled higher food and energy costs.
