Greene King announces plans to cut 800 jobs and close dozens of pubs

A spokeswoman for Greene King said: “The continued tightening of the trading restrictions for pubs, which may last another six months, along with the changes to government support was always going to make it a challenge to reopen some of our pubs.

“Therefore, we have made the difficult decision not to reopen 79 sites, including the 11 Loch Fyne restaurants we announced last week.

“Around one-third will be closed permanently and we hope to be able to reopen the others in the future.

“We are working hard with our teams to try and find them a role in another of our pubs wherever possible.

“We urgently need the Government to step in and provide tailored support to help the sector get through to the spring and prevent further pub closures and job losses.”

Greene King pubs in the area include:

• Scholars Arms, Above Bar Street, Southampton
• Mitre, Portswood Road, Southampton
• Bellemoor, Shirley. Southampton
• Malvern Tavern, Southampton
• Fleming Arms, Wide Lane, Southampton
• West End Brewery, West End
• Walnut Tree Far, Nursling
• Fox and Hounds, Bursledon
• Cricketers Arms, North Stoneham
• Old Farmhouse, Totton
• Barleycorn, Hedge End
• Testwood, Totton
• Shamblehurst Barn, Hedge End
• Rising Sun, Warsash
• Welcome, Eastleigh
• Silver Fern, Warsash
• Monks Brook, Chandler's Ford
• Halfway Inn, Chandler's Ford
• New Clock Inn, Eastleigh
• King Rufus, Chandler's Ford
• Royal Oak, Winchester
• Jolly Farmer, Winchester
• County Arms, Winchester
• Cart and Horses, Kings Worthy
• Bridge, Shawford
• Queen's Head, Fishers Pond
• Luzborough, Romsey
• White Rabbit, Lyndhurst
• Queens Head, Burley
• Vine Inn, Ower
• Red Lion, Fareham
• Castle in the Air, Fareham
• Seagull, Fareham
• Fishermans Rest, Titchfield
• Red Lion, Portchester
• Red Lion, Stubbington
• Cuckoo Pint, Fareham
• Cocked Hat, Gosport
• White Hart, Gosport