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.
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Aug- 2021 -2 AugustRestaurants
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 JuneRestaurants
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 JanuaryTrade Associations
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 NovemberBreweries and Distilleries
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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Sep- 2020 -22 SeptemberNews
Wetherspoon to cut almost half of airport pub jobs
JD Wetherspoon has reportedly written a letter to 1,000 staff employed at six of its airport locations, warning that around 450 roles may cut According to the BBC, the pub group said that a serious downturn in the aviation industry and lack of holiday-makers travelling through airports this summer has…
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Apr- 2020 -3 AprilPeople
Domino’s appoints Neil Smith as interim CFO
Domino’s Pizza Group has announced the appointment of Neil Smith as in interim chief financial officer with effect from 15 April 2020. Smith most recently served as the CFO of Ei Group (formerly Enterprise Inns) from 2011 until its recent takeover by Stonegate Pub Company. He has also held senior…
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Mar- 2020 -31 MarchPeople
Domino’s appoints Dominic Paul as new CEO
Domino’s Pizza Group has announced the appointment of Dominic Paul as its new CEO, with effect from 6 April. Paul will also join the board as CEO on 1 May 2020. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer and managing director of Costa Coffee. He led the Costa brand…
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Nov- 2019 -21 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Costa Coffee appoints Jill McDonald as CEO
Costa Coffee has appointed Jill McDonald as CEO, after revealing Dominic Paul will step down on 30 November. McDonald will start her new role from 2 December. She started her career as a graduate trainee at Colgate-Palmolive in 1987 and has held three positions in McDonald’s Corp from 2006 to…
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Aug- 2019 -2 AugustRestaurants
Whitbread to launch Bar + Block Steakhouse in Reading
Whitbread is set to launch a new Bar + Block Steakhouse in reading following a “successful” roll-out in Wimbledon, Belfast and Bristol in 2019. The new steak-focussed all-day casual dining restaurant will open on Reading Road in Winnersh on the 16 August. Bar + Block Winnersh will be a 418…
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilBusiness
Whitbread sees 40% plummet in full-year profits
Hospitality group, Whitbread has announced a 40% drop in profit in its first set of full-year results following the sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola. Whitbread blamed Brexit uncertainty and weak UK hotel demand at its Premier Inns brand for the slow growth figures. Without the effects of the Costa…
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