National cinema chain Empire Cinemas has tumbled into administration, forcing the closure of a number of sites.
Empire Cinemas, which has 14 theatres with 129 screens across the UK, has closed its sites in Sunderland, Bishop’s Stortford, Catterick Garrison, Swindon, Walthamstow and Wigan with immediate effect, following the appointment of joint administrators, Tony Nygate, John Strowger and Danny Dartnaill at BDO LLP.
The rest of the company’s portfolio – at Ipswich, Sutton, Birmingham, Clydebank, High Wycombe, as well as two Tivoli sites in Bath and Cheltenham, will continue to trade while the joint administrators hunt for a buyer for the business.
