Whitbread agrees £100m asset-backed contribution

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Whitbread will use company assets to back a £100m contribution into its pension fund.

The hotel and restaurant firm - whose brands include Costa Coffee, Premier Inn and Beefeater restaurants - has formed a partnership with the pension scheme trustee backed by a stake in the company'...

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