JD Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin: ‘Dry January becoming minor cult’ while pubs struggle

The boss of JD Wetherspoon, Sir Tim Martin, has said that Dry January is turning into a “minor cult”, as publicans across Britain brace for a slow month of trade.  Sir Tim, who fronts the popular budget boozer, told City A.M that people have “always overindulged at Christmas and then tried to compensate in January”. [...]