Sussex Pizza Express Earmarked For Closure Amid Plans To Shut 73 UK Restaurants - Putting 1,100 Jobs At Risk

Wednesday, 19 August 2020 06:45

By Charlotte Baker @ch4rtweets

Pizza Express in Midhurst is on a list of 73 outlets earmarked for closure by the restaurant chain.

As reported by Sky, Pizza Express has revealed plans to close almost a fifth of its UK restaurants under a financial restructuring that places 1,100 jobs at risk.

The casual dining chain said it hoped to redeploy some of the staff impacted by the company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which will also aim to reduce rents across much of its remaining store estate.

The rescue deal, which must be agreed by creditors, will see 73 of its 470 restaurants close permanently following the deep disruption to trading caused by the coronavirus lockdown and the resulting jobs crisis.

Pizza Express, which is majority owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital, said it had also placed the business up for sale.

The following restaurants have been earmarked for closure:

Aberdeen, Belmont St
Aylesbury
Barnstaple, Three Tuns
Biggleswade
Billericay
Birmingham, Corporation St
Birmingham, Mailbox
Bournemouth, Post Office Rd
Bramhall
Bristol, Berkeley Sq
Bristol, Regent St
Bromsgrove
Bruton Place
Charlotte St
Chippenham
Dalton Park
Darlington
Dudley, Merry Hill
Earls Court, Earls Ct Rd
Edinburgh, Holyrood
Formby
Fulham Palace Road
Glasgow, Princes Square
Glossop
Gosforth
Grantham
Halifax
Hampstead
Hatch End
Hereford
Heswall
Ipswich, Lloyds Ave
Leeds, Crown St
Leeds, Horsforth
Ludlow
Lymington
Melton Mowbray
Midhurst
Milton Keynes, Hub
Moseley
New Brighton
Newcastle
Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport, South Wales
Northallerton
Nottingham, Goosegate
O2 Finchley
Orpington
Oxford, Oxford Castle
Poole
Port Solent
Ramsgate
Reading, St Mary's Butts
Scarborough
Sheffield, Devonshire St
Sheffield The Moor
Shirley
Southport, Old Bank
Stafford
Staines
Stoke
Stourbridge
Sudbury
Torquay
Uxbridge
Wakefield
Walsall
Wapping
Wardour St
Weston-super-Mare
Whiteley Village
Whitstable
Wrexham