HUNDREDS of restaurants have now been shut across the UK – as two iconic pub chains have been shuttered forever.
This comes as part of a massive overhaul from the business behind Premier Inn.
All Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites have now been closed across the country, resulting in the loss of 195 diners, pubs and eateries.
This includes 106 Beefeater locations and 89 Brewers Fayre diners, which permanently shut on September 10 and 7 respectively.
Both brands are one of five chains its owner, Whitbread, has chosen to permanently retire, including Bar + Block, Table Table and Cookhouse + Pub.
CEO Dominic Paul said he aimed to transform the company “into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business,” following challenges from “significant cost increases”.
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He added: “Our continued efforts to drive our commercial plan and efficiencies will extend our market-leading position and allow us to take share from our competitors, many of which are struggling to grow.”
As a result, around 3,800 job roles, and a total of 208 locations, have now been cut.
Instead, a reconstruction project will see the abandoned restaurant spaces used to create around 600 new Premier Inn rooms.
On the job losses, a spokesperson for the company commented: “As a business which recruits around 15,000 people every year, we expect to be able to retain a significant proportion of those affected and will be looking to redeploy as many of our impacted colleagues as possible.”
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“We will do all we can to support those colleagues affected.”
Many have called the closures a “blow” to the industry, as UK hospitality continues to struggle under the weight of rising operational costs, high tax, and decreased consumer spending.
Full list of all Beefeaters and Brewers Fayre now shut
Beefeater (all sites closed on September 10)
- The Anchor (Lincolnshire)
- The Applecart (Oxford)
- Badgers Sett (Worcestershire)
- Bagle Brook (Port Talbot)
- Balmoral Inn (Hampshire)
- The Barn (Buckinghamshire)
- The Beacon (Kent)
- The Belgrave (Devon)
- Bentley Green (West Midlands)
- Border Gate (Cumbria)
- The Brache (Bedfordshire)
- The Brecks (South Yorkshire)
- Broomside Park (County Durham)
- The Bull (Kent)
- Carnon Inn (Cornwall)
- Centre (Dundee)
- The Coldra (Newport)
- Countess Wear (Devon)
- The Cricketers (Surrey)
- Crossbush (Sussex)
- Crows Nest (Hertfordshire)
- Deer Park (West Lothian)
- The Dukes Worksop (Nottingham)
- Eureka Park (Kent)
- Euston Way (Shropshire)
- The Farmhouse (Cheshire)
- Farnborough (Hampshire)
- The Fountain (Greater London)
- The Foxburrow (Suffolk)
- Frome Flyer (Bristol)
- George In The Tree (West Midlands)
- The Gifford (Bristol)
- Gourdie Croft (Dundee)
- The Granary (Cambridgeshire)
- Great Oak (Hampshire)
- Great Yarmouth Seafront (Norfolk)
- Griff House (Warwickshire)
- Halfway House (Bedfordshire)
- Halifax (West Yorkshire)
- Hamilton (Glasgow)
- Harbour Lights (Hampshire)
- Harlow Mill (Essex)
- The Haywain (Essex)
- Heaton Park (Lancashire)
- The Kingswood (East Yorkshire)
- Lady Nairne (Edinburgh)
- The Ladybridge (Staffordshire)
- The Lakeside (South Yorkshire)
- Liberty Bell (Essex)
- London Woolwich (Greater London)
- The Longbow (Rhondda Cynon Taff)
- Longbridge (West Midlands)
- Longford House (Staffordshire)
- The Longwall (Oxford)
- The Lydiard (Wiltshire)
- Malta Inn (Kent)
- Manor Farm (Kent)
- Marsh Mills (Devon)
- Medina Quay (Isle of Wight)
- Mill House (Surrey)
- Mill Lodge (Lincolnshire)
- Millers Barn (Nottingham)
- The Millfield (York)
- Moor Mill (Hertfordshire)
- Morris Dancers (Lancashire)
- Morton Park (County Durham)
- Moseley Park (West Midlands)
- Oakley Hay (Northamptonshire)
- Oast & Squire (Hampshire)
- The Orchard (Worcestershire)
- Oxford Kidlington (Oxford)
- Oyster Reach (Suffolk)
- Packet Steamer (Merseyside)
- The Parkway (Surrey)
- The Pavilion (Somerset)
- The Plough (Kent)
- Preston Brook (Merseyside)
- Priory Marina (Bedfordshire)
- Quay House (Lancashire)
- Rackstraws Farm (Berkshire)
- Red Lion (Lancashire)
- Redditch (West Midlands)
- Roman Way (Nottingham)
- Sir Thomas Wyatt (Kent)
- Smugglers Haunt (Dorset)
- The Somerford (Dorset)
- The Southcote (Berkshire)
- Springwood Park (Cheshire)
- Spruce Goose (Hampshire)
- Stag & Rainbow (Merseyside)
- Strawberry Field (Essex)
- The Talpore (County Durham)
- The Three Fish (Shropshire)
- Travellers Rest (Greater London)
- The Turnpike (Northamptonshire)
- Twelve Bells (Gloucestershire)
- Walston Castle (Cardiff)
- Ware (Hertfordshire)
- The Waterfront (Swansea)
- The Watermill (Essex)
- White Hart (Sussex)
- White Lodge (Somerset)
- White Rock (Devon)
- Whitegate Inn (Lancashire)
- Whitley Bay (Northumberland)
- The Woolpack (Kent)
Brewers Fayre (all sites closed on September 7)
- Abergavenny (Abergavenny)
- Afon Conwy (Conwy)
- Aire & Calder (Yorkshire)
- Bankhead Gate (Fife)
- Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)
- Barry Island (Vale of Glamorgan)
- Bedford South (Bedfordshire)
- Bicester (Oxfordshire)
- Bideford (Devon)
- Bobbing Apple (Kent)
- Brampton Hut (Cambridgeshire)
- Brookers Oast (Kent)
- Burton House (Lincolnshire)
- The Carousel (Yorkshire)
- Castlewood (Derbyshire)
- Central Park (Warwickshire)
- Cepen Park (Wiltshire)
- Chafford Hundred (Essex)
- Chequers Corner (Essex)
- Cheswold Lodge (Yorkshire)
- The Clarence Pier (Hampshire)
- Cockermouth (Cumbria)
- Cottams Field (Lancashire)
- Craig House (Edinburgh)
- Crossways (Caerphilly)
- Dalesway (Yorkshire)
- Derry City (Northern Ireland)
- The Drove (Sussex)
- Duke of York (Kent)
- Exeter (Devon)
- The Farrier (Lincolnshire)
- Flagstaff Island (Leicestershire)
- Freebridge Farm (Norfolk)
- Glastonbury (Somerset)
- Gordano Gate (Bristol)
- The Hampton (Peterborough)
- Hanley (Staffordshire)
- The Harbour (Northern Ireland)
- The Howgate (Cumbria)
- Inn On The Quay (Devon)
- Inshes Gate (Highland)
- Kembrey Inn (Wiltshire)
- Kincardine Way (Falkirk)
- King William IV (Nottinghamshire)
- Lakeland Gate (Cumbria)
- Lewins Mead (Bristol)
- Lock Keeper (Derbyshire)
- Lodmoor (Dorset)
- Loggans Moor (Cornwall)
- Mains of Balquharn (Aberdeenshire)
- The Marina (Leicestershire)
- The Mayflower (Essex)
- Minehead (Somerset)
- Monkey Puzzle (Hampshire)
- Mulberry Tree (Essex)
- Newhaven Quay (Edinburgh)
- Oakenhurst Farm (Lancashire)
- Oaks (Norfolk)
- Ocean Park (Cardiff)
- Ocean Plaza (Merseyside)
- Old Nelson (Gloucestershire)
- Old West Quay (County Durham)
- Orbital (Staffordshire)
- Papermill (Buckinghamshire)
- Pirnhall Inn (Stirlingshire)
- Queens Crossing (Edinburgh)
- The Redwood (Staffordshire)
- Rhubarb Triangle (Yorkshire)
- Rising Sun (Hertfordshire)
- Royal Quays (Newcastle)
- The Sandpiper (Carmarthenshire)
- Stable Gate (Lancashire)
- The Swallow (Suffolk)
- Swansea Vale (Swansea)
- Telford Lodge (Northamptonshire)
- Tindale Crossing (County Durham)
- Tirfounder Fields (Rhondda Cynon Taff)
- Turnpike (Yorkshire)
- Victoria Park (Gwent)
- Walsall (West Midlands)
- Water Mill (Yorkshire)
- The Wessex Flyer (Bristol)
- The Wessington (Sunderland)
- Wheatlea Park (Lancashire)
- Whittle Inn (Gloucestershire)
- Widnes (Cheshire)
- Willen Dragon (Buckinghamshire)
- The Windmill (Sussex)
- Winsor House (Greater London)