Whitbread seeks to flush out risk with water-saving plan

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Owner of Costa and Premier Inn reveals how it is on track to slash water use by a quarter by 2017

For Whitbread's Chris George, "water is the next oil." And the similarities between the two resources are clear. Rising populations, rapid industrialisation in developing countries and climate change are...

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