Trading Update

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
23 January 2007


                               JD WETHERSPOON PLC

                                 TRADING UPDATE

24 January 2007

Current Trading

For the first 12 weeks of the second quarter (to 21 January 2007), like-for-like
sales increased by 5.5%. Year-to-date (25 weeks to 21 January 2007)
like-for-like sales have increased by 7.5%, with overall Company sales up by
8.3%.

Margins for the period were ahead of last year with strong like-for-like sales
compensating for higher energy and labour costs.


Property

We opened 8 pubs in the period and completed the disposal of 3. In the current
financial year, we anticipate increasing the number of openings to 20 compared
with 9 last year, with the number increasing to approximately 30 next year.


Non-Smoking Pubs

The 61 pubs outside Scotland which have opened as non-smoking pubs, or have been
converted to non-smoking pubs, continued to show an improvement in sales
performance in the period.

The 39 Scottish pubs have continued the positive sales performance reported in
our first quarter trading update on the 2 November 2006. Like-for-like sales for
these pubs in the 12 weeks to 21 January 2007 were 3.9% with year to date
like-for-like sales of 4.9%.


Outlook

Overall the performance in the first half has been strong, although
like-for-like sales in January have shown lower growth than in previous months
of the year.


Enquiries:

John Hutson                  Chief Executive                      01923 477777
Jim Clarke                   Finance Director                     01923 477777
Eddie Gershon                Company Spokesman                    0208 352 5012/
                                                                  07956 392234



Visit our web site at www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange