By Jennifer Sieg JD Wetherspoon said today it expected a “reasonable outcome” for the current financial year based on trading over the first few weeks of 2024 as it announced its figures for the 26 weeks to 28 January. The pub chain reported a 8.2 per cent jump in revenue for the period to £991m, up from £916m in the prior period. Operating profit increased 81 per cent to £67.7m, up from £37.4m, with profit before tax surging 682.6 per cent to £36.0m, up from £4.6m. In addition, Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin said like-for-like sales increased by 5.8 per cent in the past seven weeks, However, Mar…