Who is Cineworld, the chain putting thousands of jobs at risk?
Cineworld Group Plc was founded in 1995 and is one of the leading cinema groups in Europe.
Started as a private company, it re-registered as a public company in May 2006 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2007.
Cineworld has acquired a number of big name operators, including the UK operations of UGC in 2004 and the Picturehouse chain in 2012.
It combined with Cinema City…