Restaurants fail for many reasons – don’t try to pin this on millennials | Ed Cumming

The problems facing Jamie’s, Byron and GBK include dining apps, diminished quality and oversupply – not ‘fickle diners’Why are so many of Britain’s high-street restaurants closing? According to the Insolvency Service, the number of restaurant closures is up by a third this year. Some 1,123 restaurant companies have gone under since January. Mid-market chains have been the worst affected. This year Byron, Gaucho, Carluccio’s, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, and Jamie&r