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Whitbread is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England.The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, with premises in London at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields.
Parker was CEO of Whitbread from June 2004 until he retired on his 64th birthday, in November 2010. [2] [1] He has been non-executive chairman of Mothercare since August 2011. [1] Parker is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey. [1]
Brittain joined Barclays as a graduate trainee, and worked there for 19 years. [2] She joined Santander UK in 2007, then Lloyds Banking Group in 2011. [2]In May 2015, it was announced that from January 2016, Brittain would take over from Andy Harrison, who would be retiring, as CEO of Whitbread, the parent company of Premier Inn, Whitbread restaurants and Costa Coffee. [3]
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LONDON -- FTSE 100 company Whitbread , owner of the Costa Coffee brand, saw a strong Q3 performance recently -- but is the footfall from coffee lovers angry with Starbucks baked into the share price?
Sir Samuel Charles Whitbread KCVO DL JP (22 February 1937 – 17 January 2023) was a British businessman and public servant. Born in London on 22 February 1937 to Major Simon Whitbread, [1] he joined the board of Whitbread Plc in 1972 and became its chairman in 1984. [2] He stepped down from the chair eight years later and from the board in 2001.
Elliott, which disclosed a 6 percent stake in the FTSE 100-listed group at the weekend, agrees with fellow activist Sachem Head that Whitbread should split into two but differs on the best way to ...