Bristol's Jongleurs club and Quincey's restaurant in Filton have closed down as part of a rescue deal for troubled pubs and clubs chain Regent Inns.

A total of 186 jobs will be lost in England as administrator BDO closes nine of the group's worst performing sites.

Around 20 people worked at Jongleurs in Baldwin Street, while 25 people were employed at Quincey's in Filton.

Both firms closed their doors on Tuesday night.

BDO is to close Walkabout sites in Bradford, Lancaster and Shaftesbury Avenue, as well as five Jongleurs clubs in Bow, Bristol, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton, and the Quincey's in Bristol. The rescue deal safeguards 60 other sites along with 1,800 jobs.

Regent management, led by chief executive John Leslie, agreed the deal after the company was placed into administration last week.

The deal is said to leave the surviving Regent Inns business majority owned by the banks, after lenders including Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and West LB agreed to write-off 40 per cent of an £80 million debt for a controlling stake.

The management team that led the rescue buyout has formed a new company called Intertain to complete the deal.

The administration is said to follow attempts by Mr Leslie to secure financing for a buyout at the 11th hour last Friday.

The future of Regent had been in doubt for a year, with efforts to sell units and the company itself proving fruitless.