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Whitbread’s big hospitality shake-up hits Scotland hard as 18 restaurants, including two in Aberdeenshire, prepare to close—part of a £250M savings plan to pivot into a hotel-focused empire. The UK’s biggest pub and restaurant operator is converting sites into Premier Inn rooms and selling off £1.5B in property, while warning of up to 3,800 job losses across the UK and Ireland. Closures roll out in stages: Mill of Mundurno shuts Sept 3, 89 Brewers Fayre pubs on Sept 7 (including Mains of Balquharn), and 5 Beefeater locations on Sept 10—all amid rising costs and tough industry headwinds.

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