Whitbread issues £102m of new debt
16-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pub restaurant and hotels operator Whitbread said its latest debt placement exercise underlined investor confidence in its trading performance. The...
30-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
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27-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Brewers Fayre, the value pub restaurant brand by Whitbread, is to rollout an "all you can eat" offer across eight of its pubs to run alongside its...
23-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread is to build its first new Brewers Fayre pub-restaurants in five years — two new builds and one conversion.
Whitbread to spend £7m on green initiatives
13-Jul-2010
Whitbread, the hotels and pub restaurant group, is to splash out more than £7m on green initiatives across its estate, including 'low-flow' showers,...
22-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread has this morning unveiled strong comparable sales growth, with an increase in group like-for-like sales of 7.6%.
01-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread has said it has no intention of raising funds to pay down debt through the issue of equity. Responding to a report in the Independent on...
21-May-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread, the pub/restaurant and hotel operator, has revealed it is to contribute £100m worth of property assets to plug its pension deficit. By...
30-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread has put the rollout of its Taybarns brand on hold and will assess further expansion later this year, M&C Report can reveal. The...
29-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread's focus on value fuelled a 1.7% increase in like-for-like sales at its pub restaurants for the year to 4 March. The operator, whose...
04-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread's pub restaurants suffered a slow January due to the adverse weather but still continued to grow over the fourth quarter. Its pub...
Whitbread names easyJet boss as new chief executive
03-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Andy Harrison, currently chief executive of budget airline easyJet, will replace Whitbread chief executive Alan Parker, who is to retire from the...
Chameleon expands estate to seven
23-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
North of England-based pub operator Chameleon Pub Company has increased its estate to seven by buying the Greaves Park in Lancaster.
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 shines in the gloom
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread said today its focus on value had helped drive business across its pub restaurant business in recent months, but warned the tough trading...
16-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns could also be affected by the administration of First Quench with a number of leasehold off-licences bouncing back to it, a City...
13-Nov-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread, the hotel, pub and coffee-shop operator, could be forced to take back a clutch of Threshers stores in the wake of the collapse of First...
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...
19-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The major branded pub chains have now recorded six months of positive like-for-like sales growth, despite predictions that the eating and drinking...
Value offers drive Whitbread's pub business
13-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Beefeater operator Whitbread said its 375-strong pub restaurant business put in a "robust performance" in the first six months of its financial year,...
15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Tenants, lessees and freeholders are the ones feeling the pinch as managed pubs and restaurants continue a steady increase in sales. Like-for-like...
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has claimed its pub restaurant brands - Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns - have continued to claim market share during...
Whitbread pubs take market share
07-Sep-2009
Whitbread's pub restaurant operations have grown their share of the market despite the highly competitive trading environment, as the company...
17-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Leading pub and restaurant chains are trading positively thanks to an increased spend on marketing and promotions. The Coffer Peach Business...
27-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has instructed Christie + Co and Gerald Eve to jointly market four pubs including three Brewers Fayre venues.
City Diary 16 July
17-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
City Diary 16 July
09-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
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23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Established managed, branded pub and restaurant chains are holding off stiff competition from supermarkets and tightening consumer spending with...
16-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Value meal deals sparked a 2% like-for-like sales increase at Whitbread's pub restaurants for the 13 weeks to 28 May. Whitbread, which owns the...
Whitbread's value for money strategy pays off, up to a point
16-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread's focus on value for money deals to attract customers to its pub restaurants has boosted footfall but at the cost of like-for-like sales,...
08-May-2009 By The PMA Team
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28-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread's pub restaurants delivered a 7.9% increase in like-for-like covers for the year to 26 February chiefly driven by its value food offers....
Whitbread's focus pays dividends
28-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread said a renewed focus on its hotels and pub restaurant businesses helped the group post a 9.7 per cent increase in overall turnover in the...
24-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Training: Whitbread boosts skills development
20-Apr-2009
Last month saw the launch of the 'Whitbread Model' , a six-month apprenticeship developed in conjunction with Awarding Body Edexcel and the People...
Whitbread: The double act
09-Apr-2009
PATRICK DEMPSEY is a fan of pubs. "There's a great pub in my village - a Greene King lease, in fact - they've got the offer, the service and the...
Pub bitch: Skinny Blonde bares all Down Under
03-Apr-2009
Whitbread push's for grammer Three hearty cheers to Whitbread for launching its apprenticeship programme, which will give more than 3,000 of its...
Whitbread pub boss to be grilled at Arena Face 2 Face
18-Mar-2009
The man spearheading the revamp of Whitbread's pub operation is the subject of the annual Arena Face to Face interview.Patrick Dempsey, managing...
09-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
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24-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Consumers are continuing to eat and drink out but pub and restaurant chains are having to work extra hard to get customers through the door.
20-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Something fishy about scampi
12-Feb-2009
IN A climate of rising food costs and ever-fiercer competition for consumer spend, the choices facing pub operators are stark. Raising menu prices in...
Whitbread results offer ray of hope
14-Oct-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread declared it had made "excellent progress" in the first half of its financial year, with pre-tax profits from the group's continuing...
14-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread appears to be bucking the current trend of decline with sales at its pub restaurant division up by 6.4% for the first half year.
11-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Value offers are making a difference to the performance of managed operators, says The PMA Team.
Enterprise shares hit by broker downgrade
11-Sep-2008
Enterprise Inns saw its share price fall to a five-year low yesterday after being downgraded by broker Morgan Stanley.With the City very downbeat on...
Whitbread reports strong sales
04-Sep-2008 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Sales at Whitbread's pubs and restaurants has improved by 6% as consumers respond well to its "revised brand formats". Announcing its interim results...
Whitbread's pubs perform well, despite downturn
04-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread said revising its brand formats helped push sales across its pub restaurant division up 4.4 per cent in the 24 weeks to August 14, 2008.The...
Whitbread: All tips go to staff
01-Aug-2008
Whitbread has defended its record on service charges in the wake of the government's call for pubs and restaurants to distribute all tips to...
31-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to swap 21 of its hotels for 44 Whitbread pub restaurants in a straight asset swap worth £78m.
