Keep learning, keep moving.
Whether you’re learning the ropes, building your skills or thinking about what’s next, there are different ways to learn and develop at Whitbread.
Introduction
There’s more than one way to build a career here. You might be learning the ropes, building specialist skills, gaining a qualification or getting ready for your next move. However you want to develop, there are plenty of ways to keep learning at Whitbread.
Introduction
Learn in a way that works for you
Development doesn’t have to mean climbing the career ladder. It could mean getting more confident in your role, picking up new skills, gaining a qualification, moving into something different or taking a step towards leadership. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll give you opportunities to develop in a way that makes sense for you and your career.
Our story in numbers
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Ops Development
Growing careers in our hotels
When you join one of our hotel teams, your development starts from day one. Depending on your role, that can include:
• A Warm Welcome to our business
• Our 12-week induction programme
• Skills matrices to help you build confidence and capability in your role
• Free apprenticeships for all ages, from Level 2 to Level 5
• Routes into management through our internal development programmes
Whether you want to build your skills in your current role, take on more responsibility or work towards management, there are different ways to keep moving.
Support Centre Development
Developing at our Support Centre
When you join our Support Centre, you’ll start with a Warm Welcome to the business. From there, you’ll have access to Get Set Grow, our development offer covering:
• Essential skills to help you in your role
• Role-specific and technical development
• Leadership and career development programmes
• Free professional and degree-level apprenticeships for all ages and career stages
And development doesn’t always mean moving upwards. There are opportunities to build your expertise, take on something new or move between different teams and functions as your career develops.
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Why here, why now?
Diversity & Inclusion
Different people make us even better
Our four inclusion networks give colleagues a voice and help shape how we do things. And our work on inclusion is getting noticed too - in 2025, we picked up three Inclusion In awards.
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Development
We build careers
If you want to take your next step with us, there's a well-trodden path - with training and apprenticeships to help you get there.
