Whitbread becomes the latest company to herald "the London factor" as it unveils another rise in sales that defy the downturn in the wider consumer economy... more
Few people wandering around the National Trust houses hosting Morris & Co's 150th anniversary exhibitions this spring and summer will be aware of the turbulent business history which lies behind the famed fabrics and wall coverings... more
Premier Inn has signed a deal with Soho Estates — the leaseholder — for an 84-bedroom hotel on the site of what was formerly the Queen’s Hotel in Leicester Square... more
Whitbread continues to boom in the face of the economic downturn and its hard-pressed, hard-working staff may finally be about to see the benefit... more
Whitbread goes against the grain of its usual investment strategy, selling five of its Premier Inn properties for £36.5million through a sale and leaseback deal... more
The seemingly relentless expansion of Costa Coffee continued when parent company Whitbread unveiled a 20.7% leap in sales in the third quarter at the coffee chain... more
The dwindling number of final-salary pensions in the private sector shrank further today when hotel and restaurant group Whitbread axed its retirement scheme ... more
Horse racing: Sandown's Celebration Meeting is a gleaming tailpiece to the jumps season, bringing the toffs and tweeds together for a cracking mixed card... more
Leisure: Whitbread continues to be a credit-crunch winner as its Premier Inn budget hotels arm keeps luring tourists, and Costa Coffee stays frothy... more
Whitbread, the business priced for the credit crunch before the term was invented, showed that its cut-price offerings are still luring punters... more
Leisure: Whitbread cheered the market with a robust set of first half revenues showing that its value-for-money sales pitch is working strongly through the consumer downturn... more
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