Market report: Whitbread rebounds, Provident plummets
With the blue chip benchmark opening lower ahead of the Queen's Speech, FTSE 100 constituent Whitbread (WTB) is marked up 5.1% to £40.48 on news of a good start to the year with sales growth of 7.6%. An encouraging first quarter trading update highlights positive, albeit slowing, like-for-like sales at Costa Coffee and robust growth at hotel chain Premier Inn.London and South East-focused housebu
