McDonald’s’ British expansion plans are being scuppered by bureaucracy and planning red tape, the boss of the fast food chain has said.
Alistair Macrow, UK chief executive, said the company was facing waits of up to three years to open new restaurants because of delays at local council levels and excessive bureaucracy.
Mr Macrow told The Telegraph: “The planning timeline in this country for us has on average increased by 55 weeks since Covid.
“Today it takes us pretty much three years from the moment that we approve a new site to open. Of those three years, only 43 weeks are within our control, the rest is outside of it.”
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