Pizza Express has announced plans to close 73 of its restaurants - but neither of the Jersey restaurants are earmarked to shut.

The proposed closures could result in 1,100 job losses across the UK.

The rescue package, which has to be agreed by creditors, will see 73 of its 470 restaurants close due to the impact of coronavirus on the trade.

Pizza Express, which is majority owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital, said it had also placed the business up for sale.

UK & Ireland managing director, Zoe Bowley, said "incredibly tough decisions to safeguard Pizza Express for the long term" had to be taken.

The chain has said it hopes to redeploy as many staff as possible.

Jersey has two Pizza Express restaurants - one on Halkett Place in St Helier and another in St Brelade's Bay.

The full list of Pizza Express closures:

Aberdeen, Belmont St

Aylesbury

Barnstaple, Three Tuns

Biggleswade

Billericay

Birmingham, Corporation St

Birmingham, Mailbox

Bournemouth, Post Office Rd

Bramhall

Bristol, Berkeley Sq

Bristol, Regent St

Bromsgrove

Bruton Place

Charlotte St

Chippenham

Dalton Park

Darlington

Dudley, Merry Hill

Earls Court, Earls Ct Rd

Edinburgh, Holyrood

Formby

Fulham Palace Road

Glasgow, Princes Square

Glossop

Gosforth

Grantham

Halifax

Hampstead

Hatch End

Hereford

Heswall

Ipswich, Lloyds Ave

Leeds, Crown St

Leeds, Horsforth

Ludlow

Lymington

Melton Mowbray

Midhurst

Milton Keynes, Hub

Moseley

New Brighton

Newcastle

Newport, Isle of Wight

Newport, South Wales

Northallerton

Nottingham, Goosegate

O2 Finchley

Orpington

Oxford, Oxford Castle

Poole

Port Solent

Ramsgate

Reading, St Mary's Butts

Scarborough

Sheffield, Devonshire St

Sheffield The Moor

Shirley

Southport, Old Bank

Stafford

Staines

Stoke

Stourbridge

Sudbury

Torquay

Uxbridge

Wakefield

Walsall

Wapping

Wardour St

Weston-super-Mare

Whiteley Village

Whitstable

Wrexham

Last month, fellow restaurant chain The Casual Dining Group announced plans to close more than 90 restaurants, including the Shipyard at Jersey's harbour and the cafe at the airport, after calling in administrators - blaming the  "extreme operating environment" caused by lockdown.

JPRestaurants has since taken over catering at the island's ports.