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BrewDog to shut 38 bars across UK with 484 jobs lost as full list revealed

BrewDog will shut 38 bars across the UK with the loss of 484 jobs after they were not included in a £33million rescue deal by US firm Tilray

by · The Mirror

A major pub chain will shut 38 bars across the country, causing 484 people to lose their jobs.

BrewDog will close the 38 sites after they were not included in a £33million rescue deal by US firm Tilray, according to administrators for the Scottish brewer. The closures will result in the loss of 484 jobs.

The Aberdeenshire-based brewer and pub group - which makes craft beer such as Punk IPA and Elvis Juice - closed its pubs for the day on Monday as it finalised the sale process. In February, consultants AlixPartners were called in to oversee the sale process. The BBC reported that BrewDog's chief executive James Taylor emailed staff on Monday.

BrewDog pubs remained closed on Monday( Image: Getty Images)

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The email read: "We appreciate this is an unsettling time for everyone and we want to ensure that all colleagues have the opportunity to hear directly from us about what happens next.

"We will therefore be holding a series of company-wide All Hands calls tomorrow (Monday) for all employees across the whole business. These will be scheduled tomorrow.

"To enable everyone to attend, and to comply with licensing issues arising from an anticipated change of ownership, we have taken the decision that none of our bars will open tomorrow (Monday). All sites will remain closed for the day.

"We have also cancelled food and beer deliveries, as well as customer bookings, for that day."

BrewDog, which was founded by friends James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007, operates about 100 bars around the world, as well as four breweries. The company said it had no comment on Monday.

BrewDog pubs/bars set to close:

  • Basingstoke
  • Bath
  • Bournemouth
  • Bristol – Baldwin Street, Harbourside
  • Cambridge
  • Cardiff
  • Carlisle
  • Cheltenham
  • Exeter
  • London – Soho, Camden Road, Chancery Lane, Clerkenwell, Ealing, Hammersmith, Seething Lane, Tower Bridge, Wandsworth
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester – DogHouse Manchester, Manchester Outpost
  • Milton Keynes
  • Newcastle
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Plymouth
  • Reading
  • Southampton
  • Aberdeen – Castlegate, Union Square
  • Edinburgh – Cowgate
  • Glasgow – Merchant City, Argyle Street
  • Inverurie
  • Perth
  • St Andrews
  • Stirling