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...She also flagged “highly inflationary” energy bills and rising construction costs as other major sources of pressure....
...Whitbread, Britain’s biggest budget hotel operator, has poached Domino’s Pizza UK head Dominic Paul to replace its chief executive Alison Brittain....
...Alison Brittain, who is leaving her role as chief executive of Whitbread, is set to become chair designate of UK home furnishings group Dunelm....
...New York City recently passed a bill to make a 23 per cent cap permanent....
...Born on July 27 1930, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, later Baroness Williams of Crosby, had leftwing credentials from birth....
...But she said this only accounted for 14 per cent of Whitbread’s £490m payroll bill....
...Founder Simon Paine speaks of “an online pivot”, “reach”, “mission”, “engagement”, “breakout sessions” and “networking” So every MBA buzzword you’ll ever need, without the enormous bill....
...“There is always a bill to pay,” says Mr Taylor....
...Alison Brittain, the Whitbread boss, has come under pressure from activist investor Elliott....
...Alison Brittain — The prodigal daughter Ms Brittain was once considered heir apparent at Lloyds Bank, but swore to friends that she’d never return to banking after she became chief executive of hotels-to-coffee...
...Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman....
...“They want to convince the customer they can do anything Amazon can,” says Brittain Ladd, a strategy and supply chain consultant....
...Alison Brittain, chief executive, said the company was suffering as a result of trends being felt across the British high street....
...But Mr Crozier said on Thursday that he supported the strategy set out by chief executive Alison Brittain, signalling continuity at the top of the business....
...Here’s group CEO Alison Brittain on a post-results conference call....
...Alison Brittain, former head of Lloyds’ retail bank, was seen as a likely successor, but she left last year to run leisure group Whitbread....
...Letter in response to this report Wow — I’m suddenly a superyacht owner / From Paul Brittain...
...English National Ballet is making a foray to Sadler’s Wells this week with a revival of the Lest We Forget triple bill which the troupe staged last year as tribute to the agonies — and the centenary — of...
...Alison Brittain, previously head of Lloyds Banking Group’s retail division, is due to succeed Mr Harrison on December 7....
...One of her favourite cases was that of former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken, who applied for bankruptcy in 1999 after the collapse of his libel case against the Guardian newspaper left him with a £2.4m bill...
...Louise Brittain, partner at Baker Tilly, said: “It is probable that this fall in numbers [of insolvencies] is a false dawn....
...Louise Brittain, a partner at Baker Tilly, the accountants, said: “There’s really very little stigma attached to how people perceive bankruptcy....
...Back in the 1960s, leading Australian riders such as Scobie Breasley, Ron Hutchinson and Bill Williamson were a significant part of the British racing scene....
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