Claim: Vue Cinemas, a UK cinema company, closed theaters during the pandemic but began reopening cinemas in December 2020.
Evidence: Vue International (otherwise known as Vue Cinemas, and stylised as vue), formerly SBC International Cinemas, is a British multinational cinema company operating in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Taiwan. In 2020, coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the UK, forcing all cinemas to close according to the British Government, NHS and World Health Organization. On 1 December 2020, Toby Bradon (General Manager of Vue UK/Ireland & Denmark) revealed that after the end of the England lockdown on December 2, a selection of 30 sites across the country will reopen in England and Northern Ireland from Friday 11 December as part of the first in a series of phased reopenings. The Phase 2 cinemas, set to reopen on Wednesday 16 December, were announced on December 7, with a further six cinemas reopening in Phase 3 on Friday 18 December. Unfortunately, cinemas based in Tier 3 regions of England as well as Wales and Scotland* will remain closed until further notice.