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Fears for Threshers and Wine Rack jobs

2009-10-30T10:46:14Z

Confused? Fear not, the analysts are too

2009-10-15T07:08:26Z

Whitbread chief executive warns on slump

2009-10-13T06:54:36Z

We aren�t out of recession yet and anyone who thinks we are should take a cheap weekend away to reconsider

Miners are in a hole as price of gold loses its lustre with fall below $1000

2009-09-21T14:55:15Z

Mining shares were in disarray after the price of gold dipped back below the $1000-an-ounce level for the first time in almost a week after the International Monetary Fund threatened to sell 10% of its reserves.

Premier feels the pinch

2009-09-07T07:12:58Z

Whitbread dismissed talk that the economy is recovering as it unveiled a slump in sales at its budget hotel chain Premier Inn

Whitbread pension axe

2009-09-04T12:35:15Z

The dwindling number of final-salary pensions in the private sector shrank further today when hotel and restaurant group Whitbread axed its retirement scheme

Station master: Harry Handelsman

2009-09-04T09:46:19Z

Harry Handelsman has taken the Victorian Gothic ruin of St Pancras and transformed it into a grand hotel and luxury flats for the post-loft generation

Travelodge snaps up �84m hotels to gear up for Games

2009-07-30T05:48:44Z

Budget hotels group Travelodge exploited the crash in commercial land values to splash out �84 million on six London properties, putting it in pole position to be the biggest hotels chain at the 2012 Olympics

Whitbread rocked by rude awakening at Premier Inn

2009-06-16T08:12:25Z

Sales have slumped at Premier Inn in the midst of the worst trading conditions in the hotel sector for 30 years

Zak Whitbread wants leading role as pool party memories fade

2009-05-08T08:51:48Z

Football: Zak Whitbread talks about the Champions League final, bumping into Steven Gerrard and the upcoming play-off encounter with Leeds

Whitbread takes on quality hotel market

2009-04-28T07:19:15Z

Premier Inn owner Whitbread is poised to ramp up its advertising aggressively to take on hotel chains of supposedly higher quality

Put faith in Church Island to leave rivals without a prayer

2009-04-24T09:24:39Z

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

Habgood to face flak over decision to lead two FTSE firms

2009-04-21T08:06:23Z

Questions over the lucrative part-time jobs of Britain�s top company chairmen were revived after Anthony Habgood � already at the centre of one corporate governance minefield � insisted on continuing to lead two separate FTSE 100 companies

Hard work's paying off for Zak Whitbread's hungry Lions

2009-03-31T08:56:31Z

Football: Zak Whitbread believes Millwall are reaping the rewards of their brutal pre-season under boss Kenny Jackett

Downturn hurts but Whitbread is upbeat

2009-03-02T09:45:56Z

Leisure: The recession must be serious - even Whitbread is feeling the pinch

Women worst hit as job losses soar

2009-02-11T09:28:25Z

The number of people out of work neared the two million barrier for the first time in 12 years today

Whitbread's Britain may be good value but lacks sparkle

2009-02-10T08:45:41Z

Last November I pondered whether Whitbread was the most depressing business in Britain - a sprawling collection of ubiquitous coffee shops, pub food halls from the 1980s and so-so hotels

Banks boosted by upbeat view from Credit Suisse

2009-02-06T15:19:46Z

High Street banks were the destination of choice today, with Barclays ahead by 9p to 109p as an upgrade from Credit Suisse raised hopes the sector is finally climbing back from rock bottom

Whitbread's a warm order in the crunch

2008-12-08T09:10:17Z

Leisure: Whitbread continues to be a credit-crunch winner as its Premier Inn budget hotels arm keeps luring tourists, and Costa Coffee stays frothy

Comment: Obama offers us a fresh shot to get mad about Larry

2008-11-25T08:14:21Z

While Alistair Darling was fleshing out his plans to save the UK economy yesterday, Barack Obama was unveiling the team he wants to help him save the American one

Lucky 13 Londoners compete for Costa prize

2008-11-19T09:16:45Z

Thirteen London writers from first-time authors to publishing veteran Diana Athill, now 90, are in the running for the Costa Book Awards this year

Crunch values lift Whitbread

2008-10-14T08:31:51Z

Whitbread, the business priced for the credit crunch before the term was invented, showed that its cut-price offerings are still luring punters

Whitbread cheers market with strong first-half results

2008-09-04T07:55:18Z

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

Market report: Consumer firms hit by spending cutbacks

2008-08-27T08:11:23Z

Ill-effects of the credit squeeze are starting be felt by consumer-related companies as investors fret about the shrinking amounts of cash in our pockets and purses.

Sighs of relief as the Footsie gets a fightback under way

2008-08-20T08:56:33Z

London shares staged a tentative rally as nervous City professionals took heart that a financial Armageddon seems to have been delayed, at least for a while

Bank�s gloom taking a toll on the big retailers

2008-08-13T08:33:33Z

Whitbread could do an asset swap with M&B

2008-06-17T09:52:26Z

Deal could be the first in the next wave of consolidation likely to hit the pubs and hotels sector

'No slowdown' as Whitbread rises to �210m

2008-04-28T11:45:16Z

Cheap hotel rooms-to-Costa Coffee group Whitbread could be the business best-placed to cope with the downturn.

UK's biggest host plays safe and still delivers - even at T5

2008-04-09T09:46:51Z

INTERVIEW Alan Parker's restaurants, hotels and Costa Coffee make �200m-plus

Whitbread hotel boost in London

2008-04-08T10:39:17Z

Whitbread reveals a huge expansion of its Premier Inn hotels chain in central London