PRESTON-based chef Paul Heathcote has been forced to close down two of his restaurants due to poor trading, leaving him with a total of nine outlets.The well-known Lancastrian chef has shut down a Simply Heathcotes outlet in Liverpool and an Olive Press outlet in Leeds. A spokeswoman for Heathcote said that both restaurants were closed on August 25 and cited the recession and poor footfall as the reasons for their closures.

She said that trading at Simply Heathcote's restaurant at Beetham Plaza in Liverpool had shut down a......for the full story register now for free or login below...