On Monday morning Cineworld, the UK’s largest cinema chain, confirmed it would close all its sites. From Friday 9 October, its 127 UK and Ireland outlets (including all Picturehouse venues), as well as its Regal cinemas in the US, will be “temporarily” shuttered.
Jonathan*, a Cineworld staff member who works in the Luton branch, said he was “disappointed but not surprised” by the closure. Like many of his colleagues, he was furloughed over the summer, and started working again in early September. Just one month later, he has found out he is now set to lose his job, with no word on financial help or a redundancy package. “I don’t have any other work to fall back on, to be honest. Me and a lot of other staff are very confused about where to go from here,” he said.
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