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Pizza Hut has named the 68 restaurants across the UK that will closeIt comes after its dine-in business collapsed into administration, and puts 1,210 workers at risk of redundancy Some delivery sites will also close as part of a restructuring Pizza Hut has named the 68 restaurants across the UK that will close, after its dine-in business collapsed into administration. The affected outlets are part of DC London Pie Limited, a franchisee operating Pizza Hut’s dine-in arm, which has now fallen into administration. It puts 1,210 workers at risk of redundancy. Pizza Hut will also close 11 delivery sites as part of a restructuring. The sudden move caused confusion among Pizza Hut staff, with several employees reportedly sent home mid-shift on Monday (October 20) as closures began rolling out nationwide. FTI Consulting has been appointed to oversee the administration process. The announcement came less than a year after the business was rescued by investment firm Directional Capital, which stepped in following the collapse of its previous operator, Heart with Smart Limited, that owed nearly £40 million in debt. But despite efforts to stabilise the chain, DC London Pie faced mounting financial pressure, culminating in a winding-up petition from HMRC last month over unpaid tax. In a statement released yesterday, Nicolas Burquier, Managing Director for Pizza Hut’s international markets, said the acquisition was “a targeted effort to safeguard our guest experience and protect jobs where possible.” The closures mark another chapter in the long decline of high street casual dining chains, many of which have struggled since the pandemic due to rising costs, changing consumer habits, and the growing dominance of delivery services. Pizza Hut has now revealed the locations of every restaurant closing, as reported by GB News. Full list of the 68 Pizza Hut restaurants closing: Ashton, Lancashire Beckton, London Bolton, Lancashire Bournemouth, Dorset Bradford Vicar Lane, West Yorkshire Brighton Marina, East Sussex Bristol, Avon Cardiff, South Glamorgan Carlisle, Cumbria Chatham, Kent Clacton, Essex Cortonwood, South Yorkshire Crawley, West Sussex Cribbs Causeway, Avon Croydon, Surrey Dudley, West Midlands Dundee, Dundee Durham City, County Durham Eastbourne, East Sussex Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Fountain Park Edinburgh Kinnaird Park Enfield, Middlesex Falkirk, Scotland Feltham, Middlesex Finchley Lido, London Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Greenwich, London Grimsby, Lincolnshire Hartlepool, Cleveland Hayes, Middlesex Hereford, Herefordshire Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Hull, East Yorkshire Inverness, Scotland Kettering, Northamptonshire Kidderminster, Worcestershire Lancaster, Lancashire Leeds Colton Mill, West Yorkshire Leeds Kirkstall Road, West Yorkshire Leeds White Rose, West Yorkshire Liverpool, Merseyside Llanelli, Dyfed Lowestoft, Suffolk Manchester Fort, Lancashire Middlesbrough, Cleveland Norwich, Norfolk Oldham, Lancashire Portsmouth, Hampshire Preston, Lancashire Reading Gate, Berkshire Rhyl, Clwyd Rochdale, Lancashire Romford, Essex Russell Square, London Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Shrewsbury, Shropshire Silverlink, Tyne & Wear Solihull, West Midlands St Helens, Merseyside Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Thanet, Kent Tower Park, Dorset Truro, Cornwall Urmston, Lancashire Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Wigan, Lancashire Yeovil, Somerset Employees at several Pizza Hut restaurants were unexpectedly sent home on Monday after the business entered administration - read a local report here.
