Pub operator JD Wetherspoon plans to create 10,000 jobs over the next five years with the opening of 250 new pubs.
It is to invest £250m on the new outlets over the five year period. The company currently operates 743 pubs across the UK.
The new pubs will be located across the UK, including Sheffield, Livingston, Leominster, Otley, New Malden, Liverpool, Haverfordwest and Newcastle.
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: “We only have 743 pubs compared to, say, Mitchells & Butlers which has 2,000.
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