Whitbread PLC

News and overview for Whitbread PLC

Whitbread H1 Revenue Increases
Food Business Review | 42 days 2 hours 43 minutes ago
Group like for like sales decreases by 2.7%


William Hill Names Neil Cooper Finance Director
Wall Street Journal, The | 8 hours 41 minutes ago
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. betting and gaming company William Hill PLC (WMH.LN) Tuesday said it has hired Neil Cooper from Bovis Homes Group PLC (BVS.LN) to be its group finance director from next year, as Simon Lane, who had held the role, looks to leave the company.


NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A Big Snag in Small Caps Low Trading Volume Puts Portfolio Managers in a Difficult Position
Barron's (subscription required) | 15 days 13 hours 35 minutes ago
A quick look at two U.K. companies -- Vodafone Group PLC and hotels-and-restaurants company Whitbread PLC -- illustrates the problem. Vodafone has 52.6 billion shares in issue, while Whitbread has 175 million. Back in autumn 2007, around two billion Vodafone shares were traded per week, while around 15 million Whitbread shares traded a week.


Skills for Life e-learning Provision Awarded "Good" Rating by Ofsted [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 82 days 22 hours 56 minutes ago
DUBLIN, September 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThirdForce, the UK's leading e-learning provider in the hospitality and Skills for Life sector, celebrates this week with its partner, Whitbread, the UK's leading hotel and restaurant group, having received an excellent Ofsted report. ThirdForce partners with Whitbread to deliver the literacy and numeracy element of their highly successful Skills for Life programme.


Reportlinker Adds FoodService Industry Report [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 77 days 2 hours 55 minutes ago
...Restaurants, Inc., Compass Group PLC, Darden Restaurants, Inc., Delaware...Corporation, Mitchells & Butlers Plc., O'Briens Sandwich Bars Ltd...Wendy's International, Inc., Whitbread PLC, and Yum! Brands, Inc. Market...


UPDATE: Whitbread Not Upping Expansion Despite Improving Trend
Wall Street Journal, The | 42 days 7 hours 44 minutes ago
(Adds comment from analysts, the CEO and CFO.) By Michael Carolan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN) said Tuesday it's still too early to call the bottom of the market, despite some encouraging signs in its first half results, and said it won't ramp up its expansion until the end of the year at the earliest.


Whitbread Won't Expand Before Year-End
Wall Street Journal, The | 42 days 6 hours 39 minutes ago
LONDON -- Whitbread PLC said Tuesday it's still too early to call the bottom of the market, despite some encouraging signs in its first half results, and said it won't ramp up its expansion until the end of the year at the earliest.


U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index Fluctuates; Whitbread Rallies as Banks Shares Drop
Bloomberg | 42 days 7 hours 53 minutes ago
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fluctuated after the FTSE 100 Index rallied to a 12-month high yesterday. Whitbread Plc advanced after the hotel operator reported higher earnings, countering a retreat in banking shares.


Whitbread 1H Pre-Items Pft -2.7%, Progress Continues
Wall Street Journal, The | 42 days 9 hours 45 minutes ago
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN) said Tuesday it performed relatively well in its first half, with profits down just 2.7% despite the toughest trading conditions for years, and said its encouraging progress has continued into the second half.


EARNINGS PREVIEW: Whitbread 1H Pre-Items Pft Seen -6.6%
Wall Street Journal, The | 45 days 3 hours 49 minutes ago
Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN): 1H Earnings Due: Oct. 13 at 0600 GMT Company Survey of Seven Analysts Average Pretax Pre-Exceptional Pft GBP113M,-6


Low Trading Volume Puts Portfolio Managers in a Difficult Position
Wall Street Journal, The | 15 days 13 hours 46 minutes ago
One element that has been conspicuously absent from the equity party that started in March is volume. And this is starting to give portfolio managers headaches when holding smaller-capitalized stocks.


U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index Fluctuates; Antofagasta Declines as Whitbread Gains
Bloomberg | 46 days 7 hours 49 minutes ago
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks swung between gains and losses. Antofagasta Plc and Lonmin Plc pared yesterday's advance among mining companies, while Whitbread Plc rose for a second day after Barclays Plc advised buying the retailer's shares.


Bellway, Ferrexpo, JJB, Lloyds, Rio, Whitbread: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
Bloomberg | 42 days 10 hours 48 minutes ago
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.


FTSE 100 ends up on US jobs data
Yahoo! | 18 days 4 hours 17 minutes ago
LONDON (AFP) – London shares ended higher on Thursday powered by positive US employment data.


UPDATE: Millennium & Copthorne Says Worst May Now Be Over
Wall Street Journal, The | 19 days 7 hours 42 minutes ago
(Adds detail, comment.) By Steve McGrath and Michael Carolan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC (MLC.LN) said Thursday that the worst of the downturn in the sector may be over as its decline in revenue per available room is slowing and current bookings are showing some positive momentum.





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Company Overview


Company: Whitbread PLC
Industry: Restaurants & Cafes
Website: http://www.whitbread.co.uk

Whitbread wins the award for being one of the UK's leading hospitality and leisure groups. The company, known for its sponsorship of a prestigious book award, has operations ranging from hotels to restaurants to coffee houses. It owns Premier Inn, the leading budget hotel chain in the UK, with more than 500 locations. The company's restaurant operations include the Beefeater casual dining chain and Brewers Fayre family eateries. In addition, the company owns Costa, a leading chain of coffee shops with more than 1,000 outlets in more than 20 countries.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 1,902.7 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Sales -21.2 (2009)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 130.9 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Net Income -88.2 (2009)
Number of Employees 33,000 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 4.1 (2008)
Fiscal Year-End February