Time could be called on half of pubs

Half of pubs are in danger of closing, it has emerged.

Vision-net, a business information provider, stress tested 945 pubs and found that 49% are in danger of collapse.

After randomly stress testing 2,482 pubs, hotels and restaurants, it found that 494 of the 990 restaurants and 263 of the 547 hotels were at a high risk of failure.