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Whitbread
June 2024
Workers at Premier Inn owner protest at AGM against plans to cut 1,500 jobs
Unite union also considering employment tribunal claims for unfair dismissal against Whitbread
Business live
France now ‘most unloved’ European stock market; Le Pen victory would push up French debt, warns Goldman Sachs – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Beefeater owner threatened with legal action over plan for 1,500 job cuts
Union claims Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inn, has not consulted properly with restaurant staff
May 2024
My future is bleak: can I go on without the all-you-can-eat unlimited Premier Inn breakfast?
Rich Pelley
With the chain selling off 126 restaurants, I’m worried. Will I be able to get the bottomless glasses of orange juice I need, asks writer Rich Pelley
April 2024
Premier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 1,500 jobs and shut 100-plus restaurants
Moves come despite hospitality group reporting record profits and increasing returns to shareholders
June 2023
Premier Inn room rates soar as budget hotel era ‘evaporates’
Whitbread says average London room prices have jumped 30% to £112 amid influx of people to capital
April 2023
Premier Inn owner surpasses pre-Covid profits as travellers seek deals
Whitbread beats analysts’ expectations, reporting £375m in pretax profits for year to 3 March
January 2023
UK pubs and restaurants toast festive sales surge despite cost pressures
People felt confident to gather for first time since Covid according to Whitbread and Mitchells & Butlers
October 2022
Whitbread warns of £60m increase in costs due to inflation
Premier Inn and restaurant chains owner reports profit bounceback to pre-Covid levels
June 2022
Whitbread hires Domino’s Pizza boss as new chief executive
Dominic Paul will replace Alison Brittain, one of the few female FTSE 100 CEOs, in March 2023
April 2022
Business live
US economy shrinks unexpectedly; England and Wales insolvencies double; dollar at 20-year high – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
January 2022
Whitbread plans to offset rising costs with higher Premier Inn room rates
Group expects cost inflation for hospitality sector to reach between 7% and 8%
October 2021
Premier Inn warns over staff shortages as hotel bookings recover
Hotel chain plans to spend more than £20m on increasing salaries and paying one-off bonuses
July 2021
The furlough scheme should never have been allowed to fund million-pound bonuses
Stefan Stern
JD Sports has just handed its chief £6m. It’s clear the Treasury did not attach enough strings to the billions it gave to support businesses
June 2021
Premier Inn owner reports bookings surge at UK tourist hotspots
Whitbread says 17 May reopenings are fuelling strong demand at sites from the Highlands to Brighton
April 2021
Business live
Archegos losses hit $10bn; US house prices and consumer confidence surge; HSBC and BP beat forecasts – as it happened
Premier Inn owner Whitbread swings to £1bn loss amid Covid lockdowns
November 2020
Equity prices soar as markets react to Moderna vaccine
Rolls-Royce, Whitbread and IAG end day as top risers in London, up by 10%
October 2020
Premier Inn owner hit by £725m loss as local lockdowns dent bookings
Whitbread reports huge first-half profits slump after Covid crisis forces hotel closures
September 2020
The financial watchdog may have finally brought insurers to heel
Nils Pratley
The FCA’s honest, simple ban on ‘price walking’ could end a long-running business model that punishes customer loyalty
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