All Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites will close their doors for the final time in the coming days as part of a major restructure by parent company Whitbread.

Whitbread said in April that it would close its remaining Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites as part of a strategy overhaul.

The business said this would result in 3,800 job cuts, although a spokesperson added that it would try to retain as many staff as possible.

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Included in its strategy, Whitbread said it will sell and lease back many of its freehold properties, and earlier this summer the Brewers Fayre in Oxford Road, Bicester was listed for £950,000.

In addition, The Applecart Beefeater at the Oxford South Milton Interchange was listed for a £600,000 sale.

Following this, Beefeater customers were informed of the date of the restaurant closures in a letter sent to reward club members.

It stated: “As you may have seen, we have recently announced changes to our business, which is resulting in the closure of our Branded Restaurants.

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“This means that on Thursday 10 September 2026 your local Beefeater and all other UK Beefeaters will close.”

The restructure is part of Whitbread’s new five-year growth strategy, which aims to re-focus the business and reduce costs by £250 million.

This includes a shift towards an integrated food and drink model that the company believes is more efficient and better suited to Premier Inn guests.

Dominic Paul, Whitbread’s chief executive, previously said: “We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long-term.

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“This has been a rigorous process, and we’ve approached all options with an open mind.

“Our new five-year plan builds on our strengths and drives a significant acceleration of our strategy.

“This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business.

“We’re going to go further and faster to deliver a great experience for our guests and high-quality growth and returns for our shareholders.”

The assault allegedly took place in Hennef Way in Banbury, on Saturday, August 1 at about 11am.

Thames Valley Police said ‘the offender in this incident has been arrested’, and revealed only that it involved an adult man and an adult woman.

The force are appealing for witnesses to what happened, and has asked anyone with dash-cam or CCTV footage, or may have seen the assault, to come forward.

It reportedly took place close to the Concord Roundabout in Banbury.

A spokesperson for the police said: “If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact police via 101 and give reference number 43260396041.”

The politician visited the site at Goring Heath where a wildfire blazed for hours near the Oxfordshire border, calling for greater protections for the environment.

The fire broke out on Monday, July 27, destroying a field and spreading to a nearby forest area, and destroying a barn and vehicle belonging to a business owner who operated from the site.

Polanski chose the South Oxfordshire site as the setting for a video he released to depict what he described as ‘climate failure’.

Smoke seen rising from the blaze at Goring Heath from Cholsey Hill on Monday, July 27 (Image: Contributed)

Speaking to the camera, the London Assembly Member said: “I’m standing at the edge of a wood, somewhere where people normally walk their dogs, breathe in fresh air, and take in nature.

“But today, there is a deep stench of ash, and I’m looking at a pretty dystopian future, as habitats, and a local business, have been decimated.”

He described the wave of ‘infernos’ which swept the UK this summer and left a ‘trail of destruction’ behind them.

In Oxfordshire alone, firefighters were left ‘exhausted’ amid ‘relentless’ fires which blazed on green and brownfield sites from school fields to farmers’ crops, landfill sites, parks and forests.

Lee Newport, acting chair of the Oxfordshire Fire Brigade Union based at Didcot Fire Station, earlier told this newspaper: “We are at crisis point now in this country.”

Echoing the message, Polanski described the situation as an ’emergency’ and said the fossil fuel industry were directly to blame, making wildfires more frequent and intense and opening the country up to an increased flood risk this winter because of the dry, baked earth.

Smoke billows from open fire in Goring Heath (Image: Claire Willatt)

He said: “I know that people across the whole of the UK are scared right now.

“This was a forklift and a barn – someone’s livelihood just completely destroyed.

“But the scariest part is this is just the beginning. The weather we’re experiencing right now will be the least extreme in our entire lifetime.”

He called for emergency meetings and plans against the climate emergency to be set out by the Government, and said if they don’t deliver, his party would bring deliver them.

Polanski set out policies like taxing fossil fuel companies and reinvesting the money into wildfire prevention, bringing water companies back into public ownership to secure supply, and providing cool spaces in every community to protect people from the risks of extreme heat.

On August 14, Andy Burnham’s Labour government sent out a national emergency alert to tell people not to start fires and not to use disposable barbecues in public spaces, due to the risk of wildfires.

It came after the then-new Prime Minister had drawn criticism from environmental campaigners and other parties for failing to set out a clear stance on climate change, while controversy continues over plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, requiring government sign-off.