Human Resources: British leisure group Whitbread reviewing 800 jobs

British leisure company Whitbread, is reviewing 800 jobs, including marketing and communications roles. Sixteen senior executives have already been dropped and individual brands will no longer have their own marketing, IT and other support teams.

Whitbread, (a pint of Whitbread was my first ever beer!) has sold its last London brewery site and will also sell its mid-market hotel brand Marriott.