Byron Burger to appoint administrators: Is your local restaurant at risk? Full list
BYRON BURGER could be closing after it was announced that it is lining up administrators. The burger chain is the latest restaurant to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Restaurants have been hit hard by the coronavirus, having to rely only on takeaway services in order to stay afloat in recent months. It’s meant that many chains have had to close up permanently, rather than just for the lockdown. The industry’s latest casualty looks like it could be Byron Burger, according to new reports.
Byron Burger is said to have filed a notice to appoint administrators from KPMG on Monday.
The company employs around 1,200 staff across its 51 UK branches.
However, it’s thought that the move will protect the business from being taken over by its creditors while it continues talks about the chance of a rescue plan.
Byron had started a sale process in recent months due to the pandemic, and is said to have three potential buyers.
The company already closed ten of its restaurants after restructuring following its sale to private equity owners Three Hills Capital back in 2017.
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The chain was set to reopen with a phased approach from next month, following the government’s latest advice for pubs, bars and restaurants.
In London, these are the restaurant locations that could be at risk:
London Beak St
London Canary Wharf
London Camden
London Central St Giles
London Chiswick
London Clapham Common
London Covent Garden
London Earls Court
London Farringdon
London Finchley Road
London Gloucester Road
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London Greenwich
London Hammersmith
London Haymarket
London Holborn
London Islington
London Kensington
London King’s Road
London Leicester Square
London Northcote Road
London Old Brompton Road
London One New Change
London Putney
London Richmond
London Strand
London The O2
London Wardour St
London Waterloo
London Westfield White City
Outside of London, these are the restaurants that could be at risk:
Birmingham
Bluewater
Bromley
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Canterbury
Chelmsford
Edinburgh Lothian Road
Edinburgh Royal Mile
Exeter
Ipswich
Kingston
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Milton Keynes
Newcastle
Norwich
Oxford