The Good Pub Guide has predicted that between 2,500 and 4,000 pubs will go out of business over the next year because they have failed to keep up with rising standards across the industry.
Grillshack, a new restaurant financially backed by Richard Caring and run by former Gordon Ramsay chef Mark Askew and ex-Hakkasan and ETM Group operations director Hannah Bass, will open in Soho's Beak Street next month.