TGI Fridays collapsed into administration last month putting 87 restaurants and around 3,000 jobs at risk - but over the weekend there were reports of a potential rescue deal on the horizon

TGI Fridays will immediately close 35 of its restaurants as part of a rescue deal to save the chain.

TGIs restaurants at Birmingham's NEC and Walsall are among those saved from closure

The much-loved chain has been the subject of a rescue deal

The deal to save the chain will see more than 30 of its restaurants close.

The much-loved chain has been the subject of a rescue deal

More than half the UK restaurants have been saved after a rescue deal

The TGI branches at Fort Kinnaird in Edinburgh and Dundee's Reform Street will be shutting for good today.

Manchester is among the cities that will see sites closed down from today

TGIs restaurants in Birmingham's Hagley Road, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull's Touchwood shopping centre were not included in the sale

Some 1,000 jobs will go at the restaurants which were not part of the deal - including staff at three restaurants in the North East

Breal Capital and Calveton UK announced today that it had agreed to buy 51 of the US-themed restaurants, meaning just under 2,400 jobs will be saved.

The US themed high street restaurant chain - which has 87 sites across the UK - could be saved with firms Breal Capital and Calveton reportedly set to acquire the UK sites as part of a rescued deal.

The Reform Street restaurant opened its doors in 2022.

The restaurant chain, which has 87 sites across the UK, collapsed into administration earlier this year

A rescue deal is on the horizon and is set to be finalised this week after the fast food giant's UK operator stumbled upon hard times and fell into administration last month.