Tuesday, October 22

Full listing of Empire Cinemas closures as agency enters administration

The Empire Cinemas chain has entered administration, resulting in the lack of 150 jobs and the closure of six cinemas.

Eight of the 14 cinemas within the group – below the Empire Cinemas and Tivoli manufacturers – will stay open.

But the places which were closed with fast impact are:

• Bishop’s Stortford
• Catterick Garrison
• Sunderland
• Swindon
​​​​​​​• Walthamstow
• Wigan

Sites to stay open are situated in:
• Birmingham
• Clydebank
• High Wycombe
• Ipswich
• Sutton
• Bath
• Cheltenham

The directors say they’re looking for a purchaser.

The monetary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and the price of dwelling disaster have been blamed for the closures.

Content Source: information.sky.com