Four Scottish Wetherspoon pubs have been earmarked for closure as part of the UK wide shake-up from the company that will see 16 close.
The Vulcan in Coatbridge, the Bourtree in Hawick, The Cross Keys in Peebles and Alexander Bain in Wick have are set to be axed.
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It is understood the bars will continue to trade until a buyer has been found, but it is not yet known what will happen to the establishments if they cannot be sold.
Tim Martin said: "As previously indicated, costs in the second half of the year will be higher than those of the same period last year.
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"The company anticipates an unchanged trading outcome for the current financial year."
In full: The 16 pubs set to close across the UK
Queens Hotel - Newport
Brun Lea - Burnley
Friar Penketh - Warrington
Bourtree, Hawick
The Cross Keys, Peebles
Chapel an Gansblydhen, Cornwall
St George's Hall, Bristol
Isaac Merritt, Devon
Dee Hotel, Merseyside
Last Plantagenet, Leicester
Rhinoceros, Rotherham
Alexander Bain, Wick
Pennsylvanian, Rickmansworth
Time Piece, Dewsbury
Butler's Bell, Stafford
Vulcan, Coatbridge
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