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Nottingham Post
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Gemma Toulson

Belgo restaurant in Nottingham to close after owners call in administrators

Casual Dining Group, the owner of Bella Italia, Cafe Rouge and Las Iguanas, has said it will close 91 of its 250 restaurants.

One of the restaurants confirmed to be closing is Belgo, in Weekday Cross, Nottingham.

Casual Dining Group said that given the "extreme operating environment" it was in the best interests of all stakeholders to enter administration to allow the company to conclude negotiations with landlords over its estate.

Most of the closures affect the Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia chains, although 11 Las Iguanas outlets, three Belgo restaurants and several sites at airports will also shut.

Chief executive James Spragg said: “After reviewing all our options with advisors, it became clear that we needed to take this action in order to protect the business and secure the best possible future for Casual Dining Group as we look to conclude a potential sale."

Joint administrator Clare Kennedy of Alix Partners said: “Our immediate priorities are to assist those whose employment has been affected by today’s announcement and to secure a sale for the group in order to protect jobs and provide the group’s much-loved brands with a sustainable platform for the future.”

Here is the full list of restaurants that will close.

- Airports

- Cafe Rouge Rapide Inverness Airport

- Bristol Airport

- The George Ale and Coffee House at Heathrow Terminal 5

- The Darwin Ale and Coffee House at Heathrow Terminal 3

- Jersey Airport

- Oriel Luton

- Oriel Heathrow Terminal 4

- La Salle Heathrow Terminal 2

- Bella Italia Luton

- Oriel Heathrow Terminal 3

- Huxleys Heathrow Terminal 5

- The Shipyard Jersey

- Belgo

- Belgo Kingsway

- Belgo Nottingham

- Belgo Central

- Bella Italia

- Newbury

- East Kilbride

- Baker Street

- Cambridge

- Cheltenham Prom

- Southampton Above Bar

- Blackpool Church

- Watford

- Plymouth

- Dunfermline

- Islington

- Gloucester Quays

- Hatfield

- Southend

- Didsbury

- Solihull

- Brighton Belotta

- Windsor

- Manchester Deans

- Camberley Atrium

- Aberdeen

- Loughborough

- Crewe

- Colliers Wood

- Brighton Marina

- Cardiff

- Shaftesbury Avenue

- Hemel Hempstead

- Leeds

- Silverlink

- Bexley

- New Brighton

- Orpington

- Manchester Piccadilly

- Cafe Rouge

- Bury St Edmonds

- Newbury

- Maidstone Earl Street

- Solihull

- Pinner

- Blackheath

- Harborne Birmingham

- Leamington Spa

- York

- Dulwich

- Epsom

- Birmingham Mailbox

- Woking

- Hitchin

- Oxford

- Leicester

- Chester

- Cheltenham

- Loughton

- Chelmsford

- Cambridge

- Edinburgh

- Southgate

- Esher

- Bromley

- Salisbury

- Canterbury Long

- Trafford Centre

- Exeter Princesshay

- Hertford

- Milton Keynes

- Las Iguanas

- Harrogate

- Brighton Marina

- Derby

- Sheffield

- Woking

- Chester

- Brunswick Square

- Braintree

- Bournemouth

- Norwich

- Newcastle

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