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  • 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
  • Tuesday, 23 October, 2018
    Whitbread looks to German hotels to drive growth following Costa sale
  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: Waiting for Whitbread
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