Over 1,000 workers sacked by TGI Fridays “won’t receive a penny” from the company, it has been claimed. The company announced on Monday that it would be closing 35 restaurants that were not acquired as part of a rescue deal, resulting in 1,012 redundancies.

Thirty-six of the casual-dining chain’s 87 locations were shuttered and the rest were sold to a pair of private-equity firms through the

Popular casual dining chain TGI Fridays has announced the immediate closure of 35 of its UK restaurants - with three London venues to be affected by this as well as three more just outside the city. The chain is to cut just over 1,000 jobs after its owner went into administration last month.