Whitbread

Coverage focuses on the strategy, financial performance, and brand operations of one of the UK’s largest hospitality groups, including updates on Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, and other formats. Reporting includes estate development, leadership changes, digital initiatives, and trading performance, offering key insights for operators tracking large-scale group models and branded food and accommodation offers.

  • Apr- 2022 -
    27 April
    PeopleGreggs welcomes new director to board 

    Greggs welcomes new director to board 

    Greggs has welcomed Lynne Weedall as an independent non-executive director to its board, with her role taking effect from 17 May 2022 following the chain’s upcoming AGM. Weedall is described as an “experienced” People and Business Transformation executive, having held senior positions at Selfridges and Carphone Warehouse, among others.  Throughout…

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  • Mar- 2022 -
    11 March
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsCornish Bakery expands senior leadership team

    Cornish Bakery expands senior leadership team

    Cornish Bakery has expanded its senior leadership team to enable its journey towards growing the business to 100 bakeries.  Founder Steve Grocutt has bolstered both his board and operational teams, headhunting specialists from across the UK, as well as promoting from within the company. Ralf Goad, previously of Risk Capital…

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  • 4 March
    PeopleDominos appoints new people director

    Dominos appoints new people director

    Domino’s has appointed Kirsty Pitcher as its new people director. She will join the group on 14 March and help lead the company’s people strategy.  She will focus on advancing the company’s Inclusion and Diversity agenda; recruitment and retention; embedding core values into the culture of the business; and ensuring…

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  • Feb- 2022 -
    23 February
    PeopleFridays appoints Julie McEwan as COO

    Fridays appoints Julie McEwan as COO

    Fridays, part of newly listed Hostmore plc, has announced the appointment of Julie McEwan as its chief operating officer. McEwan started her career at Whitbread, spending several years as operations manager for Premier Inn, before joining Spirit Pub Company. At Spirit, she held several senior roles, including leading the Flaming…

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  • Jan- 2022 -
    27 January
    Catering CompaniesWhitbread expands Bar + Block presence with two new sites

    Whitbread expands Bar + Block presence with two new sites

    Whitbread’s contemporary steakhouse brand, Bar + Block, has announced further expansion in London with the launch of two new sites. This takes the brand’s total portfolio to 20 steakhouses nationwide, and six in London. Joining its sister restaurants will be Bar + Block Hammersmith in mid-February on Shepherds Bush Road…

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  • Dec- 2021 -
    8 December
    NewsWhitbread’s Bar + Block to open in Edinburgh this month

    Whitbread’s Bar + Block to open in Edinburgh this month

    Whitbread’s contemporary steak brand, Bar + Block, is set to open the doors to its second site in Scotland, launching on Princes Street in Edinburgh on 13 December, taking its portfolio to 18 sites. Bar + Block Edinburgh takes over the former New Look site on Princes Street, which has…

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  • Aug- 2021 -
    2 August
    RestaurantsWhitbread opens new Bar + Block Steakhouse in Edinburgh

    Whitbread opens new Bar + Block Steakhouse in Edinburgh

    Whitbread has announced plans to open a new Bar + Block Steakhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The venue, which will serve high quality 30-day aged steaks in a variety of cuts and sizes, will be located on Princes Street, with the restaurant occupying a former New Look building.  The destination all-day…

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  • Jun- 2021 -
    18 June
    RestaurantsBar + Block opens two new sites

    Bar + Block opens two new sites

    Whitbread’s contemporary high street steak brand, Bar + Block, has opened two new sites in  Scotland and Milton Keynes, taking its portfolio to 17 sites. The new sites will follow the steak house’s all-day trading format – serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week.  The menu puts the…

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  • Jan- 2021 -
    28 January
    Trade AssociationsProgramme launched to support diverse hospitality leaders

    Programme launched to support diverse hospitality leaders

    WiHTL, the organisation dedicated to improving diversity in the hospitality sector, has launched the ‘Ethnic Minority Future Leaders (EMFL) in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure (HTL) Programme’. In partnership with McDonalds, the EMFL programme is designed to support high potential ethnic minority future leaders with their progression into more senior roles…

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  • Nov- 2020 -
    13 November
    Breweries and DistilleriesWhitbread to reduce number of redundancies

    Whitbread to reduce number of redundancies

    Hotel and restaurant company Whitbread has told The Times that it will reduce the number of redundancies at its hotels and restaurants. The owner of Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre said that redundancies will be “significantly less” than the 6,000 it announced in September. In a statement to The Times,…

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