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Cineworld’s refinancing points to grim survival; Heathrow and high-end retailers battle VAT relief plans
World’s second largest cinema chain agrees new $450m loan
Shareholders will probably be called on to get cinema chain in line with the new realities
Cinema chain looks at cutting rents and permanently closing UK screens
Small budget movies get rare chance if cinemas stay open
The postponement of the new Bond feature has the multiplexes in meltdown. But film is about much more than blockbusters
Send in the clowns
Pandemic cements a lost year for the movie industry and upends its business model
Decision to mothball almost 700 cinemas comes as studios delay releases and audiences dwindle
Cinema chain draws curtains on screens; Mulberry suffers at home on the high street
More than 30,000 jobs affected as pandemic and film delays devastate cinema business
Chief executive says cinema chain is looking at ‘every kind of possibility’ for raising capital
Covid crisis has thrown UK-listed cinema chain’s business model into disarray
Cinema owners had been gearing up for a grand reopening in July
Cineworld chief known as a ‘ruthless’ negotiator unlikely to be deterred by Canadian failure
World’s second-largest cinema chain accused of ‘buyers remorse’ by Canadian rival
Closure of cinemas has wiped more than C$1bn from Canadian company’s value
Hammerson’s woes go beyond retail reopenings; Cineworld spurns Cineplex; Little bp
UK-based cinema chain says Canadian group had suffered ‘material adverse effect’
The plot hole in cinema operator’s fairy tale is its planned purchase of Canada’s Cineplex
Optimism of large chains belies scepticism that film goers will flock back
Second largest cinema chain sides with rival in spat over movie release
Chain in liquidity talks with lending banks as well as other creditors including film studios
Shares tumble as cinema chain warns theatre closures could cost it three months’ revenue
Before the coronavirus outbreak, the world’s second-largest cinema operator was already getting investors on the edge of their seats
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