Questor: its strong finances mean Whitbread will survive where others may not. Hold

A reversal of the Government’s efforts to encourage a return to work and wider social activity is not what any of us wanted to see for so many reasons. Looked at through the narrow prism of share prices, it is not a welcome development, especially when it comes to Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn. Our main worry when we looked at the stock in May was the risk of a second wave and the impact that could have on any nascent recovery. Such fears now seem well founded and, while there are mo