| 词条 | Tim Martin (businessman) |
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| name = Tim Martin | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Timothy Randall Martin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|04|28}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = British | residence = Exeter, Devon, England | education = | alma mater = University of Nottingham | occupation = Businessman | title = Chairman, Wetherspoon | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known for = Founder, Wetherspoon | boards = | salary = | networth = | spouse = Felicity Martin | children = 4 | parents = | relations = | website = }} Timothy Randall Martin (born 28 April 1955) is a British businessman, and the founder and chairman of Wetherspoon, a pub chain in the UK and Ireland. He has been a vocal supporter of Brexit. Early lifeTim Martin was born on 28 April 1955; his place of birth has been reported as both Belfast[1] and Norwich.[2] His father served in the Royal Air Force and then worked for brewing multinational Guinness plc and became Malaysian marketing director. Martin was educated at 11 schools in New Zealand and Northern Ireland, including Campbell College in Belfast.[3][4] He studied law at the University of Nottingham,[3] and qualified as a barrister in 1979, but never practised law.[5] CareerHis early jobs included work on a building site in Ware,[3] and acting as a sales representative for The Times.[4] Martin is the founder and chairman of Wetherspoon.[2] He bought his first pub, in Muswell Hill, in 1979.[2] His brother Gerry also ran a pub chain, Old Monk, which was listed in 1998 but went out of business in 2002.[5] In 2005, Martin was voted the fifth most influential person in the UK pub industry.[6] He is an admirer of Sam Walton's business philosophy.[7] He visits at least 15 Wetherspoon outlets each week.[8] As of 2012, Martin owned 26.6% of the company.[9] BrexitMartin is a staunch supporter of Brexit, representing these views for journalists and on political TV programmes such as BBC Politics Live and Sky News.[10] In 2016, Martin donated £200,000 to the Vote Leave campaign.[11] In January 2017, Wetherspoons published figures showing an increase in sales of more than 3%. Martin used this as evidence that there was no post-Brexit referendum slowdown as predicted by economists.[12] In June 2018, Martin announced that Wetherspoons would be ceasing the sale of non-British European products in a 24-month plan, with the immediate example of Prosecco and Champagne being replaced by Australian wines. He believes the prediction of food prices rising and food shortages leading to stockpiling of supplies in the UK post-Brexit is merely scaremongering tactics deployed by pro-EU journalists, and mentioned the fact there was no increased queues in his restaurants as a result; after he removed French brandy from sale in his restaurants as an example.[13][14][15] Wetherspoons mass posted a pro-Brexit magazine to an unknown number of households in January 2019, attracting criticism in the press. The magazine claims to have a readership of two million.[16] The employee campaign group Spoons Workers Against Brexit, labeled the publication dangerous propaganda, and asserted that Martin was exploiting his position as CEO.[17] Weatherspoons responded by defending the mass mailing, claiming it contained "... pro and anti Brexit articles to stimulate debate", however the proportionately minor mentions of views critical to a no deal Brexit were preceded by statements by Tim Martin, deriding expert opinions and "the elite".[18][19] {{quote|The reality, which the public understands, but many of the elite don’t, is that leaving the EU next year allows the UK, without the consent of, or negotiation with, the EU, to abolish all the taxes (tariffs) on non-EU imports, like oranges, rice, coffee, Aussie wine and a total of 12,651 products. This will reduce prices in the shops, making for a better-off public.|"Tim's Viewpoint", Wetherspoons Newsletter, Winter 2018/19[18]}}Personal lifeMartin is married to Felicity, whom he met while at university; they have four children, and live in Exeter, Devon.[3][20][5] References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/jd-wetherspoon-belfastborn-tim-martin-runs-one-of-britains-biggest-pub-chains-and-is-creating-100-new-jobs-in-the-city-30878287.html|title=JD Wetherspoon: Belfast-born Tim Martin runs one of Britain's biggest pub chains and is creating 100 new jobs in the city|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=3 January 2015|accessdate=28 December 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Tim}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news |author=Andrew Clark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jan/05/theeuro.europeanunion |title=Interview: Tim Martin, chairman, JD Wetherspoon |work=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=19 June 2017}} 3. ^1 2 3 [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/mar/03/theeuro.europeanunion The Real Pub Landlord] The Observer, 3 March 2002 4. ^1 The giant of the pub world The Times, 8 February 2009 5. ^1 2 {{cite news |author=Chris Blackhurst |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/meet-britains-unlikeliest-tycoon-7201027.html |title=Meet Britain's unlikeliest tycoon |work=London Evening Standard |date=30 January 2005 |accessdate=19 June 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=300498|title=Catering & Hospitality News|author=|work=Caterer Search|accessdate=3 April 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/uk-books-book-shook-tim-martin/article/406970|title=UK: BOOKS – The book that shook TIM MARTIN.|work=managementtoday.co.uk}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2009/05/07/JDW-s-Tim-Martin-Only-here-for-the-beer|title=JDW's Tim Martin: Only here for the beer|accessdate=9 November 2017}} 9. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/may/18/jd-wetherspoon-tim-martin-buys-shares | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Simon | last=Neville | title=JD Wetherspoon boss buys £2.5m of shares | date=18 May 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/brexiteer-tim-martin-claims-600-brexit-windfall-1-5680257|title=Wetherspoons boss makes bonkers '£600 hard Brexit windfall' claim|first=Richard|last=Porritt|publisher=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2016/05/11/JDW-boss-Tim-Martin-gives-200-000-to-Brexit-campaign|title=JDW boss Tim Martin gives £200,000 to Brexit campaign|publisher=}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/18/wetherspoons-boss-slams-economists-post-brexit-gloom-pub-sales/|title=Wetherspoons boss slams economists' post-Brexit gloom as pub sales climb|first=Jillian|last=Ambrose|date=4 October 2018|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44465657|title=Wetherspoon to stop selling champagne|date=13 June 2018|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/14/wetherspoons-boss-tim-martin-brexiteer-champagne|title=No more Wetherspoons champagne after Brexit. It doesn't go with gammon anyway|first=Jack|last=Bernhardt|date=14 June 2018|website=The Guardian}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-tim-martin-brexit-cambridge-15649756|title=What happened when Brexit loving Wetherspoons owner held a Q&A in The Regal|first1=Abigail|last1=Rabbett|first2=Ella|last2=Pengelly|date=9 January 2019|website=cambridgenews}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/brexit-pub-propaganda-leaving-a-bitter-taste-1-5800389|title=Pub propaganda is leaving a bitter taste|publisher=New European|accessdate=3 February 2019}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/wetherspoons-tim-martin-brexit-propaganda-beer-mats/|title=Wetherspoon’s staff urge Tim Martin: Remove your pro-Brexit ‘propaganda’ from our pubs|first=Katie|last=Grant|date=29 January 2019|website=inews.co.uk}} 18. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/tims-viewpoint|title=Tim's Viewpoint - J D Wetherspoon|website=www.jdwetherspoon.com}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/wetherspoons-magazine-post-brexit_uk_5c53045ee4b093663f5bf3dd|title=Wetherspoons Faces Backlash After Posting 'Pro-Brexit' Magazine To Households|date=1 February 2019|website=HuffPost UK}} 20. ^{{cite news |author=Hilary Clarke |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/interview-barrister-who-was-called-to-the-bar-1046250.html |title=Interview: Barrister who was called to the bar |work=The Independent |date=10 January 1999 |accessdate=19 June 2017}} 8 : 1955 births|Living people|Critics of the European Union|People educated at Campbell College|Alumni of the University of Nottingham|British businesspeople|British Eurosceptics|People from Norwich |
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