Pizza Express is set to cut a further 1,300 jobs across its 370 restaurants after sales continued to slide amid the coronavirus pandemic. The losses follow an announcement that 1,100 jobs would go in 73 sites around the UK. No additional restaurants will close, Pizza Express said. City centres were again flagged as the worst […]
PizzaExpress has formally launched its company voluntary agreement (CVA), which was first announced on August 4. Included in the plan is the proposed closure of 73 of its restaurants, including the first ever branch, on Wardour Street in Soho. As many as 1,100 members of staff are in line to lose their job. The company […]
The Chinese owner of Pizza Express has injected £80m into the company in a bid to safeguard the chain’s future. Hony Capital, which bought the company in 2014, has launched an offer to buy up £80m worth of the company’s unsecured bonds. The move comes after the private equity firm appointed financial advisors before crucial […]
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