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Glasgow Central cafe Patisserie Valerie to close its doors after 'failing to recover' from pandemic

A Glasgow cafe is set to close after failing to recover 'as well as expected' following the coronavirus pandemic.

Patisserie Valerie has announced that its branch in Glasgow Central will be one of two Scottish cafes to close. Bosses said the business did not recover “as well as expected” following the pandemic and said it has “faced a period of unprecedented challenges in recent times”.

Nine cafes across the UK will now close following a review of the company’s store estate.

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Bosses said: “We have decided to close nine patisseries as we now do not feel they will recover sufficiently."

The group added that its VP Retail Limited subsidiary will cease to trade following the closures.

Patisserie Valerie is being advised over the process by accountancy firm James Cowper Kreston and it stressed that the closures will not impact the rest of its operations.

Chief executive James Fleming said: “Whilst closing stores is never an easy decision to take, we are confident this is the right thing to do to ensure the group is in a stronger position to continue investing and delivering the high-quality experience our customers rightly expect in these challenging times.”

The company has not commented on the potential impact of the closures on jobs.

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