Adobe StockTwo Scottish branches of TGI Friday’s have been permanently closed, after the American restaurant chain collapsed into administration.
Liberty Bar and Restaurant Group, which runs TGI Friday’s UK operations, filed a notice of its intent to appoint administrators days before Christmas.
Earlier in December, the business had filed an administration notice.
It has now been confirmed that 16 restaurants across the UK have been closed, impacting around 456 workers.
Administrators from Interpath said the closures came despite the business securing a pre-pack administration deal with Sugarloaf, the company behind the chain’s global brand.
As a result, 33 restaurants will remain open and retain 1,384 jobs.
In Scotland, TGI Friday’s at Aberdeen Beach and Edinburgh’s Castle Street have now closed.
The remaining 14 restuarants across the rest of the UK which have closed due to administration are:
- Ashton Under Lyne, Greater Manchester
- Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Staines, Surrey
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Bournemouth, Dorset
- Telford, Shropshire
- Reading, Berkshire
- Coventry, Warwickshire
- Crawley, West Sussex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Stratford, Greater London
- Braintree, Essex
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