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Awards 2013

We have won many awards for all areas of our business, including being ranked in the Sunday Times Best Companies to work for and Britain’s Top Employers. Costa has been voted the UK’s Favourite Coffee Shop and Premier Inn scooped up the award for Best Leisure and Best Budget Hotel Chain.

2013

Awarding body	Award	Place	Brand
Allegra European Coffee Shop Awards	Best Branded Coffee Shop Chain in Eurpoe	Winner	Costa
FTSE 100 Carbon Management & Reporting Efforts	Carbon Management Ranking	10th place	Whitbread
Stock Market Award	Best Travel and Leisure PLC	Winner	Whitbread
Professional Pensions	Best Auto-Enrolment Strategy	Highly Commended	Whitbread
Professional Pensions	DC Scheme of the Year	Winner	Whitbread
British Travel Awards	Best UK Economy Hotel Group	Winner	Premier Inn
British Travel Awards	Best Economy Hotel Group	Winner	Premier Inn
Which?	Hotel Report	3rd Place	Premier Inn
BITC (Business in the Community)	Reaccredited
CIBSE (Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers) Building Performance Awards	Client of the year (scored BREEAM rating)	Winner	Whitbread
Acorn Award	Top 30 aged under 30 in Hospitality	Ed Pyke - New Openings Manager	Premier Inn - London Waterloo
CRF Institute	Britain’s Top Employers	8th	Whitbread
Business Traveller Awards	Budget Hotel Chain of the Year	Winner	Premier Inn
Sunday Times Top Companies to Work For	Sunday Times Top Companies to Work For	10th	Whitbread
British Travel Awards	Best Mid Scale Hotel of the Year	Winner	Premier Inn

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