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...inflation rate data Germany, ZEW economic sentiment survey UK, monthly labour market statistics UK, December insolvency statistics Dominic Paul becomes Whitbread chief executive, succeeding Alison Brittain...
...Whitbread, Britain’s biggest budget hotel operator, has poached Domino’s Pizza UK head Dominic Paul to replace its chief executive Alison Brittain....
...Shell’s preference has been to acquire medium-sized power companies at around the billion-dollar mark, van Beurden explained....
...Born on July 27 1930, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, later Baroness Williams of Crosby, had leftwing credentials from birth....
...If Uber is about to end a decade of losses and mark the beginning of a profitable future it will be one of the best turnround stories in the tech industry....
...Dear readers, Trump — a play on the word triumph — marks each end of this weird, wondrous and sad year....
...Mark Sorrell, son of Sir Martin, and Stephan Feldgoise will head the bank’s global dealmaking team....
...A belt-and-braces financing makes sense when initial predictions about the outbreak — Lex’s included — were so wide of the mark....
...CEO António Horta-Osório — The veteran Christian Meissner, Bank of America’s former investment banking head — The globetrotter Former HSBC chief John Flint — The comeback kid Whitbread chief Alison Brittain...
...Alison Brittain, chief executive of Whitbread, which raised £1bn last month, wants to be ready for the upturn....
...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...
...Mark Bailie, RBS’s chief operating officer, also applied for the job, according to one of the people. The bank also approached Alison Brittain, chief executive of Whitbread, the person added....
...Add in heightened political and economic uncertainty and it’s no surprise that UK accommodation sales declined by 0.6 per cent at the half-year mark, or 3.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis....
...Steve Rowe wasadamant this week that he has always believed people should be able to buy Marks and Spencer food online....
...Potential external candidates include Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the former Virgin Money chief; and Alison Brittain, the Whitbread boss and ex-Lloyds Bank executive....
...Justin King, the executive known for his 10-year turnround of UK supermarket group J Sainsbury, is to rejoin Marks and Spencer as a non-executive director....
...Mark Brumby, analyst at Langton Capital, said: “Whitbread has an impressive freehold estate, good brands and international ambitions but, with trading uncertain, the shares may remain under some pressure...
...The move marks the end of Whitbread’s 23-year ownership of Costa, which the group bought for £19m when it had just 39 shops....
...Coca-Cola’s chief executive James Quincey has turned to his homeland as he makes his mark on the soft-drinks maker....
...Whitbread climbed ahead of results due on Wednesday with weekend reports suggesting that Alison Brittain, chief executive, will signal no fundamental opposition to breaking up the business....
...Alison Brittain, chief executive, said the company was suffering as a result of trends being felt across the British high street....
...marks a significant and exciting step in our ambitious growth plans for China....
...Alison Brittain, chief executive of Whitbread; 3. Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority; 4. Theresa May, prime minister; 5....
...In the interim, Sir Martin has been replaced by two chief operating officers: Mark Read, chief executive of WPP Digital, and Andrew Scott, WPP’s chief operating officer for Europe....
...“Whitbread’s Premier Inn bounce is impressive but the continued slowdown at Costa, at least in terms of like-for-like sales, may be a worry to some,” said Mark Brumby, analyst at Langton Capital....
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