Group Finance Director Starting Date

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Whitbread PLC
19 October 2012
 

19th October 2012

 

GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR STARTING DATE

 

Following the announcement of 4th September 2012 concerning Nicholas Cadbury's appointment as Group Finance Director, Whitbread PLC today announces that Nicholas will become a member of the Board and join the Company in that role on 14th November 2012.

 

For further information please contact:

Anna Glover, Whitbread PLC                 07768 917 651

David Allchurch, Tulchan                       020 7353 4200

 

Editors Notes

Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in budget hotels, restaurants and coffee shops.  Its well-loved brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Taybarns and Costa.

Whitbread PLC employs over 40,000 people globally and serves over 20 million customers every month in over 2,000 outlets* across the UK.

Whitbread has outlined five-year growth milestones (to 2015/16) to increase the number of Premier Inn UK rooms to at least 65,000, add 80-100 new Restaurants and to nearly double the size of Costa with global system sales of £1.3bn and 3,500 stores worldwide.

 

In the year ended 1 March 2012, Whitbread PLC reported a 11.2% increase in Group Revenue to £1,778.0 million and Underlying Profit before tax of £320.1 million up 11.3%.

 

Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.

 

*excludes Costa Franchise stores and Costa Express

 

 

 


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