PIZZA Hut has revealed the 29 of its 244 UK restaurants which will close in a restructuring move that puts about 450 jobs at risk.

St Helens' Pizza Hut Restaurant on Linkway West, near Cineworld cinema, has survived the cull and is not among those being axed.

Pizza Hut said earlier this week it was negotiating a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) restructuring deal after it faced “significant disruption” from the pandemic.

The Pizza Hut Restaurants group said it put forward the proposals as “sales are not expected to fully bounce back until well into 2021” despite a quick and safe reopening of sites.

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The measures aim to protect about 5,000 jobs across its remaining restaurants as well as the “longevity” of the business, it said.

Pizza Hut has become the latest in a raft of restaurant chains to announce closures and job losses following the coronavirus lockdown.

Rival Pizza Express confirmed on Monday that it will shut 73 restaurants with 1,100 job losses after its own CVA deal was approved by creditors.

Pizza Hut added that the move will not affect operations or jobs at Pizza Hut Delivery or related franchises.

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St Helens' Pizza Hut restaurant

As well as the Linkway West restaurant, St Helens also has a Pizza Hut Delivery on Ormskirk Street.

A spokeswoman said: “We are doing everything we can to redeploy our team members from our Pizza Hut Restaurants locations that are closing and minimise the impact to our workforce.

"We are therefore unable to share exact job loss numbers for each Hut. We understand this is a difficult time for everyone involved and are supporting our team members as much as possible throughout this transition.”

The full list of Pizza Hut restaurants to close is below:

Basingstoke Retail Park

Brighton City Centre

Bury St Edmunds

Cambridge, Regent Street

Cardiff, Culverhouse Cross

Chelmsford, Moulsham Street

Croydon, North End

Cumbernauld

Dunstable

Glasgow, Great Western Retail Park

Grantham

Gravesend

Huddersfield, John William Street

Leicester, Haymarket

London, Leyton Mill

London, Stratford

Maidenhead

Maidstone

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Oxford

Plymouth Royal Parade

Salisbury

Scarborough

Sheffield, High Street

Sheffield, Penistone Road

Stafford

Thornton Cleveleys

Weston-Super-Mare

Worcester