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Key personnel: Andy Harrison, chief executive; Paul Flaum, Whitbread Restaurants MD
The company has had a good year with profits in its hotels and restaurants arm — which includes Beefeater and Brewers Fayre — up 11.2%. Whitbread said it was “rejuvenating” those brands including steps to improve guest experience, food development and menu innovation. The company also reopened the Hobb’s Boat pub in Weston-super-Mare as a pilot site with a greater local focus, under a new concept called Whitbread Inns.
