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| Oct 7, 2026 | Former Whitbread bosses buy back dozens of Beefeater restaurants | Former senior managers at Whitbread have led a deal to buy back nearly 60 restaurants from the group, after it wound up its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre chains last month.
Common Table Group, a British hospitality firm, has agreed to buy 57 ... |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Costa Coffee hails ‘strong progress’ after Coca-Cola scraps sale | Costa Coffee has hailed a year of “strong progress” after owner Coca-Cola scrapped plans to sell it, with the coffee chain saying its refurbishment plan is paying off.
The UK’s second-largest coffee chain grew revenue by five per cent to £1... |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Premier Inn’s German expansion not a mistake, Whitbread tells activist investor | Premier Inn owner Whitbread has been forced to defend its expansion into Germany after the activist investor seeking to gain a board seat cast significant doubt over the move.
The FTSE 100 hospitality giant, which also owned Beefeater and B... |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Premier Inn owner Whitbread faces board pressure from activist investor | Premier Inn owner Whitbread is facing pressure to hand a board seat to an influential activist investor after it voiced “growing concern” with the firm’s turnaround plans.
The FTSE 100 hospitality giant said in April it would slash thousand... |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Tesco, B&Q and Whitbread scolded in minimum wage crackdown | Labour’s new workers’ rights police force has scolded Tesco, B&Q and Whitbread, and more than 600 other firms, for failing to pay the minimum wage.
The Fair Work Agency has published the names of 658 companies which have been fined £7m ... |
| Aug 28, 2026 | How I earn cashback on everyday purchases with the Complete Savings shopper rewards programme | I joined Complete Savings in July 2024 and since then I’ve earned £1,276.26 in cashback. I’ve used it for everything from everyday grocery deliveries and takeaways to flights, accommodation and car hire. Cashback has now become one of my fi... |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Whitbread food sales slump after revealing exit from restaurant arm | Whitbread has seen food and drink sales slump after it revealed its divisive decision to sell its restaurants and pivot to a hotels-only business.
The Premier Inn owner said food and drink sales fell by five per cent to £148m in the three m... |
| May 18, 2026 | Whitbread: Activist investor pushes for sale of FTSE 100 Premier Inn owner | An activist investor with a major stake in Premier Inn’s owner Whitbread has called for the FTSE 100 firm to put itself up for sale, attacking its “chronic misallocation of capital”.
Corvex Management, which owns 11.8m shares – around seven... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Meet Rachel: the AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint | Over Paddy's weekend 2026, a friendly Northern Irish "woman" called Rachel rang more than 3,000 pubs across all 32 counties to find out the price of a pint of Guinness. Over 1,000 gave a price.
Only a handful seemed to realis... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | When a Building Reminds You Why You Love Your Job | Every so often, a project comes along that captures the essence of why working in and for a great city is such a privilege. The opening of the new hub by Premier Inn by Whitbread in Farringdon at the Old Bailey is one of those moments that ... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Coca-Cola Shelves Costa Coffee Sale Amid Market Woes | Coca-Cola abandoned its Costa Coffee sale. Bids from private equity firms, including TDR Capital, fell below expectations. Coke sought £2 billion, a steep discount from its £3.9 billion 2018 purchase. Costa faces significant losses, increas... |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Why does no one want to buy Costa Coffee? | The coffee’s gone cold and the milk has soured for the once dominant high street staple Costa, as owner Coca-Cola struggles to find a buyer to take the chain off its hands.
The US beverage giant suspended talks with remaining bidders earlie... |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Coca-Cola abandons Costa Coffee sale plans as Asda owner bids low | US beverage giant Coca-Cola has reportedly scrapped plans to sell the world’s second-largest coffee chain after offers from private equity firms came in below expectations.
The company brought talks with remaining bidders for Costa Coffee t... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | FTSE 100 Live: UBS to get new boss; Premier Inn leaseback deal | Good morning from the City AM liveblog team.
What’s an easy way to tell apart a developed country from a less developed one?
One straightforward yardstick is the behaviour of state institutions and their relationship to government. If they ... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Whitbread offloads £89m worth of Premier Inns to Londonmetric | Hospitality giant Whitbread has offloaded a number of its Premier Inn hotels to property group Londonmetric for £89m as it looks to boost profits.
The group sold nine South Eastern hotels to the group, ranging from Southampton Airport to Wa... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | The 100 most at risk pubs in London – is your local under threat? | The most at risk pubs in London have been revealed by a new website that calculates how proposed changes to rates could affect the hospitality industry.
New website ismypubfucked.com uses official data from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | We reveal England’s most ‘fucked’ pub thanks to Is My Pub Fucked | A new website called Is My Pub Fucked (ismypubfucked.com) has been set up to identify the most at risk pubs in the country, ranking them by how “fucked” they are.
The website uses official data from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to iden... |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Agoda and Premier Inn Partner to Capture Rising Asian Traveler Interest in UK and Europe | The partnership aims to connect travelers from Asia and beyond to over 900 properties across the UK, Germany and Ireland
SINGAPORE, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global digital travel platform Agoda has announced a new partnership with the ... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Premier Inn owner warns of ‘mounting pressure’ of tax rises before Budget | Whitbred, the owner of Premier Inn, has warned that tax rises are becoming more likely and could pose a serious risk to the UK’s hospitality industry.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces a £40bn gap in the nation’s finances, which is ever-more l... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | From student storage idea to global logistics platform: the story behind Stasher’s succes | Sometimes the most compelling startup ideas are born from simple, everyday problems that demand a tech-first fix. Take two UK founders who bootstrapped through COVID and are now the global leader in the highly competitive space of luggage s... |
| Oct 11, 2025 | Premier Inn investors eye Oasis boost in earnings report | Investors in Premier Inn’s owner will be hoping the UK’s largest hotel chain has been given a summer boost on the back of rising hotel prices and fans flocking to UK concerts.
Whitbread, which also owns the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre chain... |
| Aug 22, 2025 | My favourite Nasdaq-listed, Chinese-owned, Cayman-incorporated Scottish castle | A question: what’s the fastest-growing hotel group in Britain?
You might opt for Premier Inn, the Whitbred-owned budget chain that’s set to open more than 1,000 new rooms this year.
A wildcard choice might be Yotel, the group set up by Yo! ... |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Robot hoovers on the menu as Premier Inn owner counts cost of Budget | |
| Jan 8, 2025 | UK hotel sector warns on inflation despite pre-Christmas boost | |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Cognizant and Whitbread expand relationship to transform digital customer experiences | Three-year digital innovation collaboration will see Cognizant empower the hospitality company's growth ambitions across the UK and Germany
LONDON, July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) and Whitbread have expanded thei... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Whitbread announces job cuts amid shake-up of food and beverage arm | Hospitality giant Whitbread has reported record revenue but said some jobs at its F&B arm will be impacted as it looks to exit a number of locations.
The owner of Premier Inn and Beefeater said revenue grew 13 per cent to £2.9bn in the ... |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Premier Inn owner Whitbread launches another £300m share buyback as revenues soar | Premier Inn owner Whitbread has announced plans to complete a new £300m share buy back scheme as it budget hotel business continues to rack in heft profits. |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Whitbread : The UK's top 10 romantic getaway destinations this Valentine's Day | The UK's top 10 romantic getaway destinations this Valentine's Day
10 Feb 2022Brand
PREMIER INN ALSO REVEALS ROOMS FOR £39 & UNDER - WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?
Advanced booking numbers from Premier Inn reveal the top UK hot spot... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | WHITBREAD : TAKES A STEP CLOSER TO OPENING FIRST PREMIER INN HOTEL ON GUERNSEY | WHITBREAD TAKES A STEP CLOSER TO OPENING FIRST PREMIER INN HOTEL ON GUERNSEY
8 Dec 2021Estate
Whitbread's development partner on Guernsey (ComProp) has today (08 December) announced the 'practical completion' of the first Pre... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Whitbread : PREMIER INN LAUNCHES BRAND NEW VEGAN SAUSAGE AT BREAKFAST | PREMIER INN LAUNCHES BRAND NEW VEGAN SAUSAGE AT BREAKFAST
18 Nov 2021Brand
New meat free GARDEN GOURMET sausage is now available as part of the Premier Inn breakfast
November is World Vegan Month, and what better way to celebrate than by tu... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Praise for hotel ‘heroes' | Praise for hotel 'heroes'
3 Nov 2021Brand Two guests lives saved at Premier Inn within 48 hours of one another. The industry-leading initiative has saved the life of two guests in both Cannock and Tewkesbury within 48 hours PREMIE... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | PREMIER INN OPENS NEW 19 MILLION HOTEL IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY CENTRE | PREMIER INN OPENS NEW €19 MILLION HOTEL IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY CENTRE
3 Nov 2021Brand
With Temple Bar and Dublin Castle on its doorstep, the new hotel on South Great George's Street promises an affordable way to explore the capita... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Whitbread : Premier Inn takes counting sheep digital with launch of ‘ewe-nique' video streaming platform ‘Ewe Tube' to help Brits rest easy before their summer holiday | Premier Inn takes counting sheep digital with launch of 'ewe-nique' video streaming platform 'Ewe Tube' to help Brits rest easy before their summer holiday
19 Jul 2021Brand
A poll of 2,000 Brits* found that the nation is... |
| May 31, 2021 | YOUGOV PLC
YouGov : Ad of the month UK – Premier Inn | According to YouGov BrandIndex, during May, Premier Inn has achieved the highest uplift in Ad Awareness of any brand in the UK with a 9-point rise to 16% on May 25 from 7% on April 25.
Under the government's roadmap out of lockdown, ho... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | WHITBREAD PLC
Whitbread : announces Net Zero carbon target on Earth Day 10 years ahead of previous commitment | Whitbread announces Net Zero carbon target on Earth Day 10 years ahead of previous commitment
22 Apr 2021Brand, Sustainability
The UK's largest hospitality company Whitbread had pledged to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040 - the ... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | WHITBREAD PLC
Whitbread : Premier Inn takes counting sheep digital with launch of ‘ewe-nique' video streaming platform ‘Ewe Tube' to help Brits rest easy before their summer holiday | Premier Inn takes counting sheep digital with launch of 'ewe-nique' video streaming platform 'Ewe Tube' to help Brits rest easy before their summer holiday
21 Apr 2021Brand
A poll of 2,000 Brits* found that the nation is... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | WHITBREAD PLC
Whitbread : Premier Inn reveals new ‘Rest Easy' brand platform, in first integrated campaign from Leo Burnett | Premier Inn reveals new 'Rest Easy' brand platform, in first integrated campaign from Leo Burnett
16 Apr 2021Brand
The TV ad -the first from the brand in three years - sees the return of Sir Lenny Henry
Leo Burnett and Premier Inn... |
| Jan 18, 2012 | Spectrum Interactive awarded exclusive Wi-Fi contract for Premier Inn estate | Long-term contract to see Spectrum provide guest Wi-Fi service to Whitbread’s 600-strong hotel chain across the UK
Hemel Hempstead, UK, 18 January 2012: Spectrum Interactive, the UK’s largest independent provider of Wi-Fi and related servic... |
