The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2018
Foreseen end date
31 May 2018
Description
Restaurant chain Prezzo has announced plans to close around one third of its UK outlets which is expected to result in the loss of 500 jobs. The restructure has been agreed through a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) whereby creditors allow the insolvent business to keep trading. The deal means that 94 of around 300 sites in the UK will close, with the closures expected to take place during April and May 2018. The deal will also see rent reductions for 57 sites for the coming two years.
Sources
23 March 2018: The Guardian
23 March 2018: The Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Prezzo, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93906, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93906.
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