Whitbread PLC (LON: WTB) Stock Outlook December 2025: Budget Shock, Buybacks and Premier Inn Expansion
Published: 2 December 2025 Premier Inn owner Whitbread PLC has just had one of its most dramatic weeks in years. A surprise trading update combined with a punishing change to UK business rates in the latest Budget has knocked the share price sharply lower, even as the underlying hotel business continues to trade well and the group pushes ahead with…