Tim Martin, chairman and founder of pubs group Wetherspoon.

Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett

The chairman of one of Britain’s largest pub chains has said the EU’s Brexit negotiators need to “take a wise-up pill,” as the company reported

a boost in annual sales driven by a strong summer.

https://www.cialissansordonnancefr24.com/le-viagra-est-il-plus-efficace-que-le-cialis/ JD Wetherspoon chairman and Founder Tim Martin, a prominent Brexiteer

, denied that leaving the EU would be problematic for the company or the UK, despite the fact that the chain relies on a large number of low-skilled migrant workers.

“The main risk from the current Brexit negotiations is not to Wetherspoon, but to our excellent EU suppliers — and to EU economies,” he said.

Although the chain imports much of what it sells from the EU, Martin said EU negotiators’ “current posturing and threats” were forcing British companies like his to “look elsewhere for supplies.” He would be “very reluctant” to do so but played down the hassle it would case.

He said negotiators needed to “take a wise-up pill” to retain British business and avoid causing ” further economic damage to struggling economies like Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy – where youth unemployment, in particular, is at epidemic levels.”