JD Wetherspoon PLC - Watford, Hertfordshire-based pub and hotel chain - Chair Tim Martin buys 968,544 shares at 700.00 pence, worth GBP6.8 million, on Friday last week. Martin, who opened the first Wetherspoon pub in 1979, now has 31.7 million shares, a 24.65% stake.

Current stock price: 715.83p

12-month change: up 47%

By Tom Waite, Alliance News editor

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