Wetherspoon’s boss vows to keep price rises to a minimum as he criticises energy bills

<p>Beefed-up packaging tax will triple pub chain’s costs from the levy to £2.4m a year, says Tim Martin</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/03/oil-price-weekly-fall-opec-fuel-services-sector-no-non-farm-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The boss of the pub chain Wetherspoon’s has vowed to keep price increases to a “minimum”, after blaming a beefed-up packaging tax and rising energy bills for extra costs.</p><p>Tim Martin said the recently introduced “extended producer responsibility” levy on packaging would lead to the company’s costs from the tax tripling from £800,000 to £2.4m a year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/03/wetherspoons-price-rises-energy-bills-packaging-tax-tim-martin">Continue reading...</a>