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The Coconut Tree is facing closure of its UK restaurant locations, putting staff jobs at risk.

This popular chain entered administration last week after defaulting on payments on a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), The Sun reported.

It comes as a shock to fans of the restaurant, but it may have to close a number of UK high street branches over an unpaid £1.6million tax bill to HMRC.

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The business owes more than £1.36 million in VAT and over £230,000 in PAYE national insurance contributions to HMRC official papers show.

The chain has nine locations across the UK, including in Birmingham .

Others include Bristol, Bath, Oxford, Reading and Cheltenham, along with

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