Broker spotlight: Shoppers' delight
Consumers have never had it so good, says UBS, which is not necessarily good news for retailers.
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Whitbread PLC
LON:WTB
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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Monetary tightening stateside will be a theme next week but there will also be corporate news to chew over....