Premier Inn

Whitbread total revenue exceeds £2bn

30-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Whitbread, the leisure operator, saw total revenue exceed £2bn in the year to 28 February.

Horsemeat scandal: Whitbread confirms horsemeat in beef products

15-Feb-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Whitbread, the pub restaurant group, has confirmed that traces of horsemeat have been found in selected beef burger and meat lasagne products.

Whitbread brands drive healthy results

11-Dec-2012 By M&C Report

Whitbread has reported a 3.3% increase in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to 29 November, driven by a strong performance from Costa.

Whitbread reports a 2.6% increase in like-for-like sales

26-Apr-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Whitbread has reported a 2.6% increase in like-for-like sales for the year to 1 March 2012, on the back of continued growth at Costa Coffee, but said that trading had been variable during the year and that it expected that trend to continue.

Whitbread to meet FY expectations

13-Dec-2011 By Mark Wingett

Whitbread, the owner of Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, said this morning that it was on track to meet full-year expectations, as it reported a rise in like-for-like sales across all its divisions for the 13 weeks to 1 December, but warned that trading continued...

Whitbread to sell Premier Inn sites

19-Aug-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Whitbread is to sell seven Premier Inn sites to real-estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management for £53.8m in a sale and leaseback deal.

Whitbread rolls out all-you-can-eat breakfast

08-Jun-2011 By Jo Bruce

Whitbread has rolled out an all-you-can eat and drink breakfast offer across Beefeater Grill, Table Table, Brewers Fayre and Taybarns sites. All...

Pub restaurants at new Premier sites

27-Apr-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Whitbread plans to open a Beefeater Grill and a Brewers Fayre at its two new Premier Inn sites in the coastal resorts of Weymouth and Weston-super-Mare.

Whitbread: strong trading continues

07-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Whitbread has unveiled group wide like-for-like sales growth of 7.9% for the 24 weeks to 19 August 2010.

Whitbread sites unveiled

25-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team

The first sites of the proposed 60-strong pub restaurant expansion by Whitbread, the hospitality group, have been unveiled. The company, which told...

Whitbread reveals 60 pub expansion plan

28-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team

Whitbread has announced plans to open 60 pub restaurants and expand its room stock by 13,300 rooms to 55,000 rooms in the next four years.

Whitbread updates Beefeater brand

20-Oct-2009 By Jo Bruce

Whitbread is giving its 130 Beefeater pub-restaurants a brand refresh with £100,000 being invested in each site in the next two years. The company...

Whitbread and M&B in hotel/pub asset swap

31-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ

Whitbread has agreed to swap 21 hotels owned by Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and currently operating as Express by Holiday Inn sites in exchange...

City Diary: 26 June

26-Jun-2008 By The PMA Team

All the latest City gossip

Whitbread in £100m London hotel expansion

08-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ

Whitbread announced today it will be opening six new Premier Inn hotels in London during the next three years at cost of £100m, adding 1,200 rooms...

8 Tony Hughes

31-May-2007

managing director, M&B pub restaurant division (9)

Whitbread sees growth in pub restaurants

24-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team

Whitbread's 400 remaining pub restaurants saw a 2.7% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the second half. The remodelling of the Beefeater...

Whitbread announces beginnings of recovery in its pubs

24-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team

Whitbread is claiming green shoots of recovery in its 400 or so remaining pub restaurants thanks to better sales at re-modelled sites. Now the...

Michells & Butlers reports healthy sales growth

28-Apr-2006

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has thrown down the gauntlet to potential buyers with market-leading sales growth.In the three months to April 22,...

Whitbread sees further pub sales dip

01-Sep-2005

Whitbread has reported a further decline in like-for-like sales on its pub restaurants business, but says moves to revamp the business are having an...

Spirit sells Premier Lodge to Whitbread

23-Jul-2004

Spirit Group has agreed the sale of the Premier Lodge budget hotel business to Whitbread.The £536.2m deal includes £505m for 141 hotels, which will...

Decision soon over new-look Beefeater

08-May-2003

By MA Reporter Whitbread is close to deciding on a new look and menus for its 29-year-old Beefeater pub chain, after trialling modifications and...

Whitbread sells 34 Beefeaters

30-Apr-2003

Whitbread Restaurants, which operates the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre pub restaurant chains, has revealed that it has sold 34 of the 51 Beefeater...

The widespread appeal of Beefeater

31-Jan-2003

A pack of managed pub companies including Greene King, Noble House and Spirit Group are bidding for the discarded Beefeater sites.The large-scale...

Whitbread to go ahead with sale of unwanted Beefeaters

16-Jan-2003

by Mike Bennett Whitbread has confirmed it's to sell a fifth of its ageing Beefeater pub/restaurant chain ­ a total of51 sites. Another seven are...