{
  "id": 14166136,
  "title": "Whitbread H1 FY27 slides: Premier Inn gains share despite cost pressures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/whitbread-h1-fy27-slides-premier-inn-gains-share-despite-cost",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:31:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/whitbread-h1-fy27-slides-premier-inn-gains-share-despite-cost-pressures-93CH-4945911"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Whitbread PLC reported a 2% increase in statutory revenue to £1,572 million in H1 FY27, driven by growth in both the UK and Germany. Premier Inn, the hotel arm of the company, experienced 3% accommodation sales growth in the UK and 16% in Germany, enabling Whitbread to outperform the wider market by 2 percentage points in the UK and 17 percentage points in Germany. Despite increased cost pressures, including £160 million in additional annual costs from business rates and employment expenses, Whitbread managed to improve its return on capital employed by 60 basis points to 10.9%.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}