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May 1, 2026 • via GB News

Whitbread Converts Restaurants to Bedrooms, Axing 3,800 Jobs

Nearly 200 sites close nationwide under tax and cost pressures

Whitbread shutters Beefeater and Brewers Fayre outlets, cutting 3,800 jobs amid Labour tax hikes and stagnant demand. Closures hollow high streets and expose policy burdens across governments.

Mar 3, 2026 • via BBC News

Equity for Punks Yields Nothing

200,000 investors lose £75m as Brewdog's £33m sale axes 484 jobs and 38 bars

Brewdog's administration wiped out small investors' £75m stakes and shed 484 jobs despite a £33m asset sale. This collapse reveals how UK economic pressures turn challenger brands into standard failures.