Are pop-up restaurants rescuing economy?

The UK retail environment is struggling, with many high streets containing more than their fair share of boarded-up units.

In response, one of the growing trends is for "pop-up" shops and restaurants, with owners moving in sometimes just for a few months before then moving on again.

Catherine McColl, a trends analyst at Mintel, said they had found that the appeal of pop-up restaurants was skewed towards, "younger users that are savvy with social media". She added: "Mintel research has found that two out of ten 16-34 year olds interact with a restaurant after dining there."

Chris Birchell, who runs Barnhouse Bistro, a pop up mobile street food company, said: "Ideally my dream would to open up my own restaurant at some point, but at the minute it's about getting out to as many people as we can."

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday 24 June 2013.