{"id":582457,"date":"2025-11-20T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582457\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:26","slug":"jdw-to-open-new-site-with-university-of-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582457\/","title":{"rendered":"JDW to open new site with University of Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe\u2019s, named after the University\u2019s clock tower, will continue to be run and managed by the Guild of Students, with the partnership providing access to the business model implemented by JDW at its pubs across the UK.<\/p>\n

Set to open in Easter 2026, following an extensive refurbishment, the new-look Joe\u2019s will offer an enhanced food and drinks menu for students at affordable prices, including JDW\u2019s <\/a>weekly club deals, such as the Thursday Curry Club. <\/p>\n

The revamp will also create more student jobs, with staff working in the bar continuing to be employed and manged by the Guild of Students. <\/p>\n

JDW chief executive John Hutson said: \u201cWe are delighted to have entered into the partnership<\/a> with the Guild of Students and look forward to working with it to make Joe\u2019s Bar a great success\u201d.<\/p>\n

Vibrant future <\/p>\n

The University of Birmingham Guild of Students President, Antonia Listrat added: \u201cThis partnership will strengthen our commercial endeavours to support a vibrant future for the Guild and enhance the overall student experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

JDW founder and chairman Tim Martin<\/a> also met with the Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch MP, and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mel Stride MP, this week to highlight the importance of pubs and their role within communities.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which took place at the Metropolitan Bar in London\u2019s West End, was arranged by the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n

\"TimPictured: Tim Martin with Kemi Badenoch MP, and Mel Stride MP (GILL EVANS\/JDW)<\/p>\n

Martin said he stressed the pressure currently faced by pubs: \u201cI pointed out that pubs are overtaxed relative to supermarkets<\/a> and that they should be on an equal footing.<\/p>\n

\u201cPubs pay 20% VAT on food sales versus nothing for supermarkets, who can, in effect, lower beer prices with this tax advantage.<\/p>\n

Centre of communities <\/p>\n

\u201cI also highlighted that pubs pay about 25p a pint on business rates versus about 2p for supermarkets.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a consequence, the pricing differential between pubs and supermarkets has widened enormously in recent decades, contributing to dereliction in high streets and town centres.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chairman added if this cycle continued it would eventually \u201cerode jobs in the pub industry\u201d. <\/p>\n

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride added: \u201cPubs are at the centre of communities<\/a>, and they need a Government that\u2019s firmly on their side.<\/p>\n

\u201cA future Conservative Government will back business, back jobs and back our pubs. Labour\u2019s tax hikes are draining confidence and choking opportunity \u2013 we will restore it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBritain succeeds when business can invest, grow and hire, and that\u2019s the future we will deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe\u2019s, named after the University\u2019s clock tower, will continue to be run and managed by the Guild of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,45423,184056,59812,181610,184057,9407,393,184058,299,6884,166962,184059,26721,167248,184060,4884,51589,184061,184062,59598,184063,90306,48279,184064,184065,38596,9394,15819,2599,184066,4465,119665,22145,67938,184067,16,15,166967],"class_list":{"0":"post-582457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cafe","11":"tag-capital-cities","12":"tag-chain","13":"tag-city-life","14":"tag-diner","15":"tag-editorial","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-english-culture","18":"tag-europe","19":"tag-facade","20":"tag-famous-place","21":"tag-food-and-drink-establishment","22":"tag-franchising","23":"tag-gastro-pub","24":"tag-greasy-spoon","25":"tag-great-britain","26":"tag-greater-london","27":"tag-hanging-basket","28":"tag-human-settlement","29":"tag-inner-london","30":"tag-international-landmark","31":"tag-jd-wetherspoon","32":"tag-london-england","33":"tag-man-made-space","34":"tag-man-made-structure","35":"tag-no-people","36":"tag-outdoors","37":"tag-pub","38":"tag-restaurant","39":"tag-southeast-england","40":"tag-sunlight","41":"tag-sunny","42":"tag-tower-hamlets","43":"tag-travel-destinations","44":"tag-trinity-square","45":"tag-uk","46":"tag-united-kingdom","47":"tag-urban-scene"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}