Premier Inn to close two major UK restaurant chains – full list of closing sites

It will impact 200 restaurants across the UK and cut 3,800 jobs

Premier Inn’s parent company is set to close down two well-known restaurant chains, with numerous sites across the north west to be impacted.

Whitbread has announced it will shut the remainder of its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants. This will see 200 restaurants across the UK close down and will hit 3,800 jobs.

The closures comes as part of a new five-year strategy which will see the firm attempt to make a quarter of a billion pounds in cost savings while overhauling its restaurants. The firm said it will retain the vast majority of its 30,000-strong workforce, however the cuts will see roughly 12 percent of employees laid off across the closed locations, the Mirror reports.

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Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants are typically located next to or inside Premier Inn hotels. The closures will see Beefeater restaurants close after 50 years in business, while Brewers Fayre was not far off celebrating the same milestone in 2029.

Whitbread has blamed Rachel Reeves’ budget for the closures and its chief executive Dominic Paul said the move was necessary “in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and National Insurance”. The change will see Whitbread selling and leasing back up to £1.5 billion of its freehold properties, and will “recycle” the amount to “fund future growth”.

Speaking about the plan, Mr Paul said: “We plan to convert all our remaining branded restaurants to an integrated food and beverage offer that is preferred by our hotel guests and will unlock the addition of more highly profitable extension rooms. 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.”

Full list of Brewers Fayre restaurants set to close

• 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)

Full list of Beefeater restaurants set to close

• 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)