Major cinema chain with eight locations in Scotland ‘to close 25 branches & axe hundreds of jobs’

A POPULAR cinema chain with eight locations in Scotland is planning to close 25 branches across the UK. Cineworld is expected to announce closures and job losses tomorrow amid a restructuring plan. 2 A major cinema chain is set to announce closures and job losses tomorrow Credit: Alamy 2 Cineworld plans to shut up to 25 branches across the UK Credit: Getty Under the plans, 25 cinemas will shut for good before the end of the summer, Sky News reports.

It is unknown how many jobs will be affected, but it's understood that it would be "at least in the hundreds". The chain will also seek to renegotiate rent agreements for around 50 other cinemas up and down the country. And a further 25 cinemas will be left unaffected by the restructuring plans and will remain open for the foreseeable.

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