I'm less and less interested in individual UK stocks these days. I just don't want to put in the time and effort keeping up to date on the individual companies.

Digital Look gives some decent info in overview and then you can look at the various other tabs like Financials, Brokers views etc.

www.digitallook.com/equity/Whitbread

Hargreaves Lansdown gives similar

www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/w/whitbread-plc-ordinary-76-122153p?clickid=yYE3NP0ZcW8YSF7REEVXQRhoUkkRnwRh9xpL380&iradid=238599&theSource=AFVIG&utm_campaign=AFVIG_IMPR1&ir=1

Both seem to show it in a positive light. Although many brokers seem neutral on it, the ones that have a strong view are on the buy side.

For investing GBP, I prefer researching good active managed funds and letting them get on with it. For GBP, if buying thru UK I prefer unit trusts. If buying thru Singapore I tend more towards Investment Trusts.

Scottish Mortgage as you mention is a very good solid global fund. It's around half invested in the US and 20% in China as you know. Worth a place in a portfolio, but if someone already had a heavy weighting in it, I'd be more tempted to look at other ITs. Neither US or China would be my favourite markets at the moment but would be solid long term bets as part of a diversified portfolio.

www.trustnet.com/Factsheets/Factsheet.aspx?fundCode=ITSMT&univ=T

If someone was looking for dividend income then the yield on Scottish Mortgage is low at under 1%. But if indifferent between income and capital growth that doesn't matter.

I'm not keen on the way it trades at a premium , although only a slight one of around 1%+. Many ITs are trading at a premium now. If and when a correction to markets happens there'll be the double whammy of NAV decrease and discount widening. It has traded at a premium for a year or so. Pre-2014 it was averaging around 5% discount for oer 5 years. We've had quite a long nice bull run on equities. So makes me a slightly concerned this increases the risks of buying near the top of the cycle

www.trustnet.com/Factsheets/Factsheet.aspx?fundCode=ITSMT&univ=T&pageType=performance
www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/s/scottish-mortgage-it-ordinary-shares-5p/share-charts

Still a very good IT though. I think the quality of the management outweighs the annoyance and risk of trading at a premium to NAV if you're holding longer term.

Oh... I have one of those as well. I try and save money on the clothing though.

As received from a fully clothed broker this morning:

www.hl.co.uk/shares/share-research/201610/whitbread-more-rooms-and-shops-continue-to-drive-growth?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E00MR_Daily%20Market%20Report_Morning_v2_USE%20(95)&utm_content=www_hl_co_uk_shares_share_rese&theSource=E00MR&Override=1&sp_mid=52615848&sp_rid=ZmxldGNodGhhaTY4QHlhaG9vLmNvbQS2