Is your local pub stuck in the 1980s?
Editors of the Good Pub Guide 2014, estimate between 2,500 and 4,000 pubs in Britain will go out of business in the next year for offering "indifferent" food and failing to modernise.
Though the potential closures are bad news for staff and customers, the new edition of the national guide, published today, says it is high time "bad pubs" went out of business, giving visionary and energetic licensees a chance to open new ones.
In addition to forecasting the demise of thousands of outdated pubs, the guide also highlights a north/south divide when it comes to the price of a pint.
Drinkers in the south-east, including London, Kent and Sussex, fork out the most for a pint with a beer in the capital costing an average of £3.60.
Meanwhile, pub-goers in many northern counties can enjoy a pint for little more than £3 with Staffordshire pubs offering the best average price at just £2.95.
