Week Ahead: MPC unlikely to rock the boat
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to leave its base rate unchanged; the question is, how many committee members will vote for change?
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Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant company operating businesses in the budget hotels and restaurant sectors. Its brands include Premier Inn, Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre and Taybarns. Whitbread PLC employs over 33,000 people and serves 8.5 million customers every month in its 1500 outlets across the UK.
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to leave its base rate unchanged; the question is, how many committee members will vote for change?
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The FTSE100, which had been just slightly lower at lunch, eased further, ending the day at 6,228, a drop of 46 points
The UK’s main index lost around 8 points to 6,266
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The FTSE100 ended the day 18 points higher to 6,136 but it was a different story in mainland Europe
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Update - additional companies covered: Gemfields, Stratex International
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Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner Whitbread and Holiday Inn-owner Intercontinental Hotels Group did their best to boost the index.
The FTSE 100 Index was 16.47 points adrift at 6335 by lunchtime
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The FTSE 100 Index rose 9.55 points to 6361 in the first hour of trading
Whitbread reported a 13.8% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £291.3mln
Pub chain blames higher wage and utility costs for lower profits
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UK shares closed convincingly higher as traders were willing to embrace risk again...
dealers took heart from better-than-expected Chinese trade data
The pub and brewing group expects to save £30mln from buying Spirit
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 3.30pm.
Dealers took heart from better-than-expected Chinese trade data
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China's currency reserves shrank at biggest rate ever in August
August trading failed to match strong performance at the same time last year
Berkeley and Whitbread are scheduled to release trading updates on Tuesday,