Last day for Greenock restaurant as company restructuring confirmed

A GREENOCK restaurant will be closed to the general public from tomorrow as part of a company-wide restructuring, it has been confirmed.

The Point, which has operated as a Brewers Fayre for almost a decade, is set to shut for walk-ins - changing to an integrated Premier Inn restaurant and servicing only customers staying in the adjacent hotel on James Watt Way after July 5.

A message sent to members of the Whitbread-owned firm's Bonus Club loyalty programme read: "We are writing to let you know that we've announced plans to make changes at some of our restaurants, and that The Point, Brewers Fayre in Greenock will be changing to a Premier Inn restaurant and will only service those staying in the hotel after July 5.

The restaurant will only be open to Premier Inn guests (Image: George Munro)

"We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause."

The Tele revealed last month that potential redundancies could be on the cards at the local site after Whitbread announced plans in April to axe 1,500 roles nationwide.

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A Whitbread spokesperson said: "After many years serving the community we can confirm that the Greenock Brewers Fayre is closing its doors (last day of operation is July 4 - today).

"We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community for their support over the years and our amazing team members."

The spokesperson did not provide specific details on any job losses but said that 'where possible we have aimed to retain people'.

Brewers Fayre (Image: George Munro)

They added: "We've been working hard to provide our team with dedicated support and committed to enabling as many as possible of our affected team members to stay with us by either transferring into new roles, or by taking up other vacancies across the business more broadly through our existing recruitment activity."

The parent company stated earlier this year that over the next 24 months it plans to replace more than 100 of its 'lower-returning' branded restaurants with integrated restaurants and replace them with 'new higher returning hotel rooms to help meet strong demand'.

It also said that it would be pulling out of a further 126 branded restaurants which would continue to operate so that they could be sold as going concerns.