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Whitbread to create 12,000 jobs
News | 30 April 2013Whitbread is to create 12 000 new jobs as it steps up the expansion of its Premier Inn and Costa chains over the next five years The announcement from the leisure and hospitality group which also owns Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants came as it reported an 11 rise in...More > -
Hospitality firms: VAT cut "would create jobs"
News | 30 April 2013Pizza Hut Wetherspoon Punch Taverns Prezzo Subway and TGI Fridays have all given their voices to calls for VAT to be cut by 5 in a new report Hundeds of thousands of new jobs could be created according to the survey by the Jacques Borel VAT Club which represents 43...More > -
Mary Portas slams Sir Terry Leahy’s defence of supermarkets
News | 30 April 2013TV presenter and retail tsar Mary Portas has criticised Sir Terry Leahys defence of supermarket dominance in retail as absolutely crap Sir Terry Leahy described the rise of supermarkets and the closure of small shops across the country as part of progress in an interview with Radio 4s Desert Island...More > -
Primark to pay compensation to families of Bangladesh victims
News | 30 April 2013High street giant Primark has said it will pay compensation to the families of their workers involved in the Bangladesh building collapse that took the lives of 400 people The budget clothing chain occupied the second floor of the eight storey building and some of the workers injured and killed...More > -
Waitrose and Eurostar in new partnership
News | 29 April 2013Waitrose is making its first major foray into on board catering with a deal to supply Eurostars buffet carriages The supermarket chain will start supplying the cross Channel rail service with sandwiches ready meals salads and drinks from Tuesday also marking its first big move into northern Europe The employee...More > -
Greggs warns on profits as cold weather hits sales
News | 29 April 2013Greggs is counting the cost of a bitter winter and early spring today as it warned that annual profits will come in short of City hopes The Newcastle based company which has 1 681 outlets said the adverse weather in January and March was a big factor in a 4...More > -
Beer sales down on last year
News | 29 April 2013Beer sales in pubs have continued to fall and were down by almost 50 million pints in the first quarter of the year compared with 12 months ago new figures have shown Beer trade was down by 5 5 in pubs compared with a 0 1 increase in supermarkets and...More > -
Whitbread expected to announce expansion plans
News | 29 April 2013Plans to expand the Costa Coffee and Premier Inn chains could be announced this week when parent company Whitbread reports annual results on Tuesday Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison is said to be working on plans to raise the groups growth targets for Whitbreads coffee and hotel chains as they...More > -
Pub and restaurant wine sales hit by supermarkets
News | 26 April 2013Pub and restaurant goers will drink less wine in pubs and restaurants over the next seven years as consumers focus their buying habits on the internet and supermarkets according to Vinexpo organiser of the worlds biggest wine and spirit exhibition The forecast is based on a report commissioned by Vinexpo...More > -
Samsung’s smartphones prove a winner
News | 26 April 2013Technology giant Samsung saw its profits leap 41 in the first quarter of this year thanks to a surge in sales of its smartphones as it continued to take market share from rival Apple The South Korean company made a net profit of 7 15 trillion won around 4 2...More >
