restaurants across the UK as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The fast food chain's UK boss has warned up to 1,600 jobs could be lost due to the struggling economy.
Only about 370 of the restaurant chain’s 530 stores have reopened since the nation went into lockdown. Chief executive Alasdair Murdoch told the BBC’s Newscast the economic damage stemming from the crisis could ultimately force the company to permanently close up to 10 per cent of its stores.He said: “We don’t want to lose any (jobs).