Whitbread set to create 12,000 jobs by 2018
WHITBREAD has vowed to step up expansion of its Premier Inn and Costa chains in a move set to create 12,000 jobs over the next five years.
The latest pledge by the leisure group, which also owns Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants, came as it reported an 11 per cent rise in underlying profits to £356.5m for the year to February 28.
Having created 3,000 UK jobs over the financial year, it announced new targets today which will see it grow Premier Inn by 45 per cent to around 75,000 rooms and double coffee chain Costa’s sales to around £2bn.