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Another Kent restaurant is believed to be among those earmarked for closure by Premier Inn owner Whitbread. The Woodlands Beefeater, in Gravesend, is rumoured to be shutting this summer following the firm’s announcement it is to axe around 200 of its restaurants in favour of building more hotel rooms. Last week, Whitbread announced it would also be cutting around 1,500 jobs across the country from its total UK workforce of 37,000 employees. It said the move was part of a plan to “optimise” its food and drink offering to add more than 3,500 hotel rooms across its estate and increase “operationa…

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