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    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Whitbread hires Domino’s Pizza boss as new chief executive

      Alison Brittain is leaving the FTSE 100 hospitality group after seven years in the top job

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Whitbread beats forecasts but faces darkening UK economic outlook

      Premier Inn owner benefits from independent hotel closures though warns of ‘tight labour market’

    • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
      Premier Inn owner Whitbread readies price rises as inflation surges

      Budget hotel operator delays £20m of planned spending despite boost from domestic holiday demand

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Premier Inn owner Whitbread spends £23m to retain staff

      Hotel chain faces ‘challenging operating environment’ amid labour shortages and rising costs

    • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
      Whitbread to invest £350m in hotels and marketing despite record loss

      Premier Inn owner targets business clients even as travel budgets shrink

    • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
      Whitbread sales halve as pandemic hits travel demand

      Premier Inn owner kept most hotels open during lockdown months but trading remains ‘challenging’

    • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
      Whitbread shakes off £725m loss to press on with expansion

      Premier Inn owner increases share of UK hotel sector but warns of tough months ahead

    • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
      Premier Inn owner Whitbread plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs

      UK group says sales of food and hotel rooms remain depressed by 40% compared with 2019

    • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      The many stages of grief over balance sheet repairs

      Investors and market face more denial, depression and anger in coronavirus recovery

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      Lex
      Whitbread: purple strain Premium content

      In the wake of Covid-19, resilience has supplanted earnings growth as the main investment premise

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      Premier Inn parent Whitbread to raise £1bn in rights issue

      Fundraising could help bid to swipe market share from rivals once crisis eases

    • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
      Whitbread hobbled by UK uncertainty and looks to German expansion

      Premier Inn owner blames higher costs and weak confidence outside London as room sales fall

    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      Investments
      Investors Chronicle: Next, Whitbread, BHP

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Just Eat investors left to read a moving menu

      Attempt by Dutch vehicle of Naspers to gatecrash merger leaves investors with dilemma

    • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
      Whitbread posts drop in profit amid ‘challenging’ UK market

      Owner of Premier Inn shows Brexit effects as it looks to Germany for opportunities

    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      The three Alisons find it tough at the top

      But at least they outnumber Daves in FTSE 100 boardrooms

    • Monday, 22 July, 2019
      Whitbread shares slide after £2bn buyback

      Analysts say price more accurately reflects group’s ‘pretty dreadful’ performance

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
      Whitbread hit by slump in business travel as Brexit looms

      Premier Inn owner reports falling UK room sales and looks to Germany for growth

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Decaffeinated Whitbread serves up an unappealing Brexit blend

      Skinnier hotels-only business has given bitter taste to its shares

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      Whitbread profits plunge 40 per cent as ‘political uncertainty’ bites

      Premier Inn owner reports lower occupancies in first full-year results since Costa sale

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      City Bulletin
      Opening Quote: Whitbread is missing its morning coffee shot

      Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

    • Wednesday, 13 February, 2019
      Premier Inn owner Whitbread to expand stock buyback scheme by £2bn

      UK hospitality group says funds will come from proceeds of Costa Coffee chain sale

    • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Will investors check out of Whitbread after £3.9bn coffee deal?

      Chief Alison Brittain struggles with vacant rooms in UK and Germany

    • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: Primark sweetens ABF’s morning coffee - again
    • Tuesday, 23 October, 2018
      Opening Quote: Whitbread wakes up without the smell of coffee
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