Giraffe and Ed's Easy Diner owner to shut a third of its restaurants

Creditors approve rescue deal that will close 27 UK sites and put 340 jobs at risk

The owner of Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner is to close a third of its restaurants, putting 340 jobs at risk, after creditors approved a rescue deal.

Six Ed’s sites, including those in Bromley and Mayfair in London, and 21 Giraffe restaurants, including ones in Aberdeen, Basingstoke, Norwich, Reading and Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, are to close in the next few months.