What's going to collapse next...

[TheCountOfNowhere]

Frankie and Benny

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8383103/Frankie-Bennys-permanently-shutting-sites-report-says.html

 

Frankie & Benny's understood to be permanently closing swathes of its restaurants and axing staff as the casual dining sector buckles under lockdown

[spygirl]

5 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:

Frankie and Benny

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8383103/Frankie-Bennys-permanently-shutting-sites-report-says.html

 

Frankie & Benny's understood to be permanently closing swathes of its restaurants and axing staff as the casual dining sector buckles under lockdown

Thees nothing casual about the prices ....

 

[sancho panza]

[TheCountOfNowhere]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/travelodge-enters-crisis-talks-10000-22131188

 

"Travelodge enters crisis talks with 10,000 jobs and 564 hotels at risk"

 

This makes no sense, i dont see the travelogic in closing these hotels.

[stop_the_craziness]

6 hours ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:

Frankie and Benny

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8383103/Frankie-Bennys-permanently-shutting-sites-report-says.html

 

Frankie & Benny's understood to be permanently closing swathes of its restaurants and axing staff as the casual dining sector buckles under lockdown

They really set the bar at a new low in terms of poor quality food, poor service and high prices.  I'm presuming there's a private equity link to something so pointlessly awful?

[TheCountOfNowhere]

2 minutes ago, stop_the_craziness said:

They really set the bar at a new low in terms of poor quality food, poor service and high prices.  I'm presuming there's a private equity link to something so pointlessly awful?

Looks like it's owned by

Restaurant Group PLC

 

 

[leonardratso]

what about 5 guys, dont they do an £8 burger thats a bio hazard?

[TheCountOfNowhere]

https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/06/04/travelodge-launches-bankruptcy-proceedings/

 

Travelodge launches bankruptcy proceedings

[TheCountOfNowhere]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-lookers-eyes-1-500-job-losses-as-it-closes-12-more-dealerships-12000211

 

Coronavirus: Lookers eyes 1,500 job losses as it closes 12 more dealerships

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/921109/aston-martin-to-axe-500-jobs-as-part-of-cost-cutting-programme-921109.html

 

Aston Martin to axe 500 jobs in widespread cost-cutting programme

[Castlevania]

33 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:

https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/06/04/travelodge-launches-bankruptcy-proceedings/

 

Travelodge launches bankruptcy proceedings

That headline’s a bit misleading. It’s a CVA.

[spygirl]

18 hours ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/travelodge-enters-crisis-talks-10000-22131188

 

"Travelodge enters crisis talks with 10,000 jobs and 564 hotels at risk"

 

This makes no sense, i dont see the travelogic in closing these hotels.

Posted elsewhere but it still makes me laugh.

https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/scarborough-council-buys-towns-travelodge-554162

 month later, the sale has been completed and the six-storey building, let to Travelodge Hotels Limited for an unexpired term of almost 30 years, now belongs to the council.

However, it has not been revealed how much the authority paid for the property, which was on sale at a starting price of £14 million.

According to the council, the move will enable them to achieve the required £5 million budget savings in the next three financial years whilst continuing to provide front-line services.

Cllr Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough Council said: “This is our first major investment aligned with our Commercial Property Investment Strategy and I am delighted that the sale has been completed. With Scarborough’s previous accolade of being the country’s most visited place outside London for overnight domestic stays, the purchase of the Travelodge Hotel building presented us with an ideal opportunity.

[TheCountOfNowhere]

31 minutes ago, spygirl said:

Posted elsewhere but it still makes me laugh.

https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/scarborough-council-buys-towns-travelodge-554162

 month later, the sale has been completed and the six-storey building, let to Travelodge Hotels Limited for an unexpired term of almost 30 years, now belongs to the council.

However, it has not been revealed how much the authority paid for the property, which was on sale at a starting price of £14 million.

According to the council, the move will enable them to achieve the required £5 million budget savings in the next three financial years whilst continuing to provide front-line services.

Cllr Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough Council said: “This is our first major investment aligned with our Commercial Property Investment Strategy and I am delighted that the sale has been completed. With Scarborough’s previous accolade of being the country’s most visited place outside London for overnight domestic stays, the purchase of the Travelodge Hotel building presented us with an ideal opportunity.

Outrageous.

[spygirl]

1 hour ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:

Outrageous.

Well.. the outrageous is the bullshit claim - 'With Scarborough’s previous accolade of being the country’s most visited place outside London for overnight domestic stays, the purchase of the Travelodge Hotel building presented us with an ideal opportunity.'

 

Lies, damnned lies, statistics, and anything coming out of regional tourists boards.

That claim is just not credible. Both Brighton and Bournemouth are much large, have more hotels/BnBs and are much closer to London/Se.

The idiot councillor muddies Scarborough with Scarborough distrcit .which includes Whitby, which, frankly, gets much more visitors/per square mete than Scabby..

Ive been in both places, o nthe same day. Whitby is packed. Scabby is empty.

And if people were staying overnight then where the fuck are they after 5pm?

Scabby town centre is fucking dead after the last bus back <insert shithole>

 

[TheCountOfNowhere]

5 minutes ago, spygirl said:

Well.. the outrageous is the bullshit claim - 'With Scarborough’s previous accolade of being the country’s most visited place outside London for overnight domestic stays, the purchase of the Travelodge Hotel building presented us with an ideal opportunity.'

 

Lies, damnned lies, statistics, and anything coming out of regional tourists boards.

That claim is just not credible. Both Brighton and Bournemouth are much large, have more hotels/BnBs and are much closer to London/Se.

The idiot councillor muddies Scarborough with Scarborough distrcit .which includes Whitby, which, frankly, gets much more visitors/per square mete than Scabby..

Ive been in both places, o nthe same day. Whitby is packed. Scabby is empty.

And if people were staying overnight then where the fuck are they after 5pm?

Scabby town centre is fucking dead after the last bus back <insert shithole>

 

This is the sort of thing the fraud squad should be looking at.

[leonardratso]

steady there

"<insert shithole>"

this is a family site, with family values.

[TheCountOfNowhere]

I'm still going with...EVERYTHING is going to collapse next  

[Errol]

Bentley: Luxury carmaker to cut up to 1,000 jobs

Luxury carmaker Bentley is to cut 1,000 jobs in the UK, about a quarter of its workforce.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52927482

[spygirl]

I blame Germane Greer

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391929/Victorias-Secret-goes-administration-UK-putting-800-jobs-25-stores-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_tvshowbiz

Onthe plus side, the next UK VS fashion show will be just naked women.

 

[TheCountOfNowhere]

31 minutes ago, spygirl said:

I blame Germane Greer

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391929/Victorias-Secret-goes-administration-UK-putting-800-jobs-25-stores-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_tvshowbiz

Onthe plus side, the next UK VS fashion show will be just naked women.

 

That's total pants

[TheCountOfNowhere]

1 hour ago, spygirl said:

I blame Germane Greer

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391929/Victorias-Secret-goes-administration-UK-putting-800-jobs-25-stores-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_tvshowbiz

Onthe plus side, the next UK VS fashion show will be just naked women.

 

They kept that quiet.

[leonardratso]

ssshhh its a secret. victorias secret.

[Wight Flight]

2 hours ago, spygirl said:

I blame Germane Greer

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391929/Victorias-Secret-goes-administration-UK-putting-800-jobs-25-stores-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_tvshowbiz

Onthe plus side, the next UK VS fashion show will be just naked women.

 

They are blaming the lockdown.

Suggesting that most of their stuff was bought for mistresses, not wives?

[TheCountOfNowhere]

2 minutes ago, Wight Flight said:

They are blaming the lockdown.

Suggesting that most of their stuff was bought for mistresses, not wives?

The'll need to have a sale...knickers down.

[Sugarlips]

6 hours ago, spygirl said:

I blame Germane Greer

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391929/Victorias-Secret-goes-administration-UK-putting-800-jobs-25-stores-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_tvshowbiz

Onthe plus side, the next UK VS fashion show will be just naked women.

 

Read that as ‘plus-size’ which makes it rather less appealing, maybe their models have let themselves go during lockdown..

[gibbon]

18 hours ago, Wight Flight said:

They are blaming the lockdown.

Suggesting that most of their stuff was bought for mistresses, not wives?

Completely uneducated guess but I reckon their main customer would be youngish couples aged 20-40. In practice this would mean the buyers of their tat are men in long term relationships buying their overpriced undies for the mrs who wouldn't dream of paying £50 for a pair of knickers.

Now we've entered an age where women would rather ride the cock carousel in their 20-30s, victorias secrets average customer is becoming an endangered species.