Two TGI Fridays restaurants in Scotland to shut immediately with staff made redundant

TGI Fridays has confirmed two sites in Scotland will be closing immediately after a new rescue deal was accepted. The high street restaurant chain announced today it had agreed a deal with Breal Capital and Calveton UK.

The deal will see the firm take on 51 TGI Friday sites – however, the remaining 35 will be closing with “immediate effect” and 1,000 workers will be made redundant. Sadly, as reported by the Mirror, the TGI branches at Fort Kinnaird in Edinburgh and Dundee’s Reform Street will be shutting for good today.

In a statement released today, Julie McEwan, chief executive of TGI Fridays UK, said they were “devastated” for the workers who will be losing their jobs today. They said: “We are devastated for our colleagues who will be leaving TGIs and thank them for their loyalty and contribution during their time with us. We are doing everything possible to retain our team and support those impacted. We would like to thank our team and our loyal guests for supporting us during this transition.”

The restaurant chain’s chief executive said today marked the “start of a positive future” for the business after a “challenging period” for casual dining. They added: “We look to the future with confidence that the TGI Fridays brand will continue to attract loyal and new guests. We are proud to serve millions of customers across the UK and are committed to continuing to evolve our proposition and to give our guests a great value for money experience that keeps them coming back to enjoy TGI Fridays time and again.”

TGI Fridays first opened in the UK in the 1980s and has been a popular destination for birthday parties and cocktail nights for the last 40 years. The first UK TGI site opened in Birmingham.

Full list of 35 TGI Friday sites closing

1. Barnsley
2. Birmingham
3. Bracknell
4. Brighton Marina
5. Bristol Cabot Circus
6. Cardiff Newport Road
7. Chelmsford
8. Cheltenham
9. Croydon
10. Derby
11. Dundee
12. Durham
13. Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
14. Enfield
15. Gateshead
16. Gloucester Quays
17. Halifax
18. Jersey
19. Leeds
20. Leeds Trinity
21. Leicester
22. Lincoln
23. Manchester Royal Exchange
24. Newcastle Eldon Square
25. Newport
26. Northampton
27. Prestwich
28. Romford
29. Sale
30. Solihull
31. Southampton West Quay South
32. Speke
33. Sutton Coldfield
34. Swansea
35. Watford North

Full list of 51 TGI Friday restaurants to stay open

1. Bluewater
2. Trafford Centre
3. Meadowhall
4. Aberdeen Union Square
5. Metrocentre
6. Basildon
7. Glasgow Fort
8. Milton Keynes Stadium
9. Braehead
10. Wembley
11. Birmingham NEC
12. Glasgow
13. Junction 27
14. Castleford
15. Lakeside Quay
16. Teesside
17. Bolton
18. Norwich
19. St Davids
20. Doncaster
21. Lakeside
22. Fareham
23. Liverpool One
24. Stevenage
25. White Rose
26. Cribbs Causeway
27. Rushden Lakes
28. Stoke on Trent
29. Southampton
30. Silverburn
31. Watford Central
32. Aberdeen Beach
33. Braintree
34. Bournemouth
35. Stratford
36. High Wycombe
37. Cheshire Oaks
38. Walsall
39. Milton Keynes
40. Sheffield
41. Nottingham
42. Edinburgh
43. Coventry
44. Ashton-Under-Lyne
45. Telford
46. The O2
47. Staines
48. Crawley
49. Reading
50. Cheadle
51. Leicester Square

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