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Whitbread enjoys significant growth |
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Written by Business Weekly
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Thursday, 02 November 2006 |
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Whitbread’s results for the six months ended August 31 showed significant growth on its continuing operations following a year of significant strategic upheaval with total sales up 8.6 per cent to £696.5m (2005: £641.6m).
Whitbread’s results for the six months ended August 31 showed significant growth on its continuing operations following a year of significant strategic upheaval with total sales up 8.6 per cent to £696.5m (2005: £641.6m). Spurred on by the growth of Costa and Premier Travel Inn – sales up 21 per cent and 15 per cent respectively – pre-tax profit was up 20.8 per cent to £109.8m (2005: £90.9m). |