Across the wider Whitbread group, third-quarter comparable sales were up 3.3%, with the group's Premier Inn hotel chain making gains against declining revenues in the hotel industry.
London's mayor, Boris Johnson, united with London Councils and the Core Cities group – made up of the eight largest cities in the UK – in calls for local politicians to have more power to raise and retain taxes.
Ukip, after all, are in the midst of a seemingly endless political summer, while senior Conservative politicians such as Boris Johnson talk optimistically about life outside the clutches of Brussels.
Across at the Telegraph, star columnist and part-time mayor Boris Johnson, who has probably given the issue three of four minutes of half-concentrated thought, calls Blair "unhinged".
But as the months go by it will become increasingly difficult for Boris to blame his problems on his predecessor, and the old media should increasingly join the new in closely scrutinising his term.
The war in Ukraine, a more aggressive nationalism, and the atmosphere that led to the murder of Boris Nemtsov, have all pointed to the city becoming more introverted and withdrawn.
The definition of elected officials here includes everyone from mayors (Boris Johnson) to MSPs, with the exception of local councillors.
In a visit to Scotland on Thursday, Cameron will warn against what he will describe as a coalition of chaos with the SNP acting as "the chain to Labour's wrecking ball, running right through our economic recovery – and it will be you who pays the price".
