Wetherspoons punters face price hike as boss Sir Tim Martin warns of £60m blow from Chancellor

WETHERSPOONS boss Sir Tim Martin has warned of price rises in his pubs — as they face £60million extra costs from the Chancellor. 

The chain’s founder and chairman said the hike in employers’ national insurance contributions and wages had increased costs by £1,500 per pub. 

Sir Tim said the Budget would “exacerbate the already wide price differential for customers” between pubs and buying cheaper drinks in supermarkets. 

He warned labour costs were 35 per cent of the pub industry’s sales ...