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Hospitality wages rise 53% over the past 10 years

30 January 2023 by

Hospitality has seen the highest rate of ten-year wage inflation out of all UK industries, with workers seeing a 53% increase in their salary compared to a decade ago.

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Restaurants temporarily close and offer health insurance to tackle staff shortages

12 January 2023 by

Restaurants are temporarily closing, reducing menu sizes, and introducing more staff benefits to tackle ongoing recruitment issues.

Third of hospitality businesses to reduce opening hours over Christmas due to staff shortages News

Third of hospitality businesses to reduce opening hours over Christmas due to staff shortages

15 December 2022 by
Over six in ten hospitality businesses fear Christmas staff shortage News

Over six in ten hospitality businesses fear Christmas staff shortage

24 November 2022 by
Raymond Blanc asks parents to see ‘extraordinary’ value of hospitality industry News

Raymond Blanc asks parents to see ‘extraordinary’ value of hospitality industry

23 November 2022 by
Keir Starmer calls on British businesses to reduce ‘immigration dependency’ News

Keir Starmer calls on British businesses to reduce ‘immigration dependency’

22 November 2022 by

One in nine hospitality jobs still vacant as staffing crisis continues News

One in nine hospitality jobs still vacant as staffing crisis continues

22 November 2022 by

One in nine hospitality jobs remain vacant despite recent improvements in recruitment, new surveys from CGA[...]

Pub asks front of house staff to prepare meals due to chef shortage News

Pub asks front of house staff to prepare meals due to chef shortage

11 November 2022 by

A publican had to temporarily simplify his menu so that front of house staff could prepare[...]

More staff are leaving hospitality now than at start of pandemic, study reveals News

More staff are leaving hospitality now than at start of pandemic, study reveals

01 November 2022 by

More staff are leaving the hospitality industry now than at any point since the beginning of[...]

Jason Atherton says staff shortage may mean restaurant closures next year News

Jason Atherton says staff shortage may mean restaurant closures next year

01 November 2022 by

Chef-restaurateur Jason Atherton has warned he may have to close some of his restaurants in the[...]

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Nearly 40% of hospitality businesses facing skilled worker shortages, study reveals

Nearly 40% of food and hospitality businesses are experiencing skilled worker shortages, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data by digital marketing agency Koozai."

06 September 2022 by
Government to respond after hospitality worker visa petition gains 10,000 signatures News

Government to respond after hospitality worker visa petition gains 10,000 signatures

23 August 2022
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The government will have to respond to a petition calling for a hospitality worker visa scheme after it gained 10,000 signatures.

Staff poaching causing ‘unsustainable’ wage demands News

Staff poaching causing ‘unsustainable’ wage demands

17 August 2022
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An increase in staff poaching has seen operators having to offer ‘unsustainable’ salaries to recruit.

West End hospitality businesses suffer 20% loss in sales due to staff shortages News

West End hospitality businesses suffer 20% loss in sales due to staff shortages

20 July 2022 by

A survey of employers in the hospitality and leisure sector of the West End of London[...]

Hospitality Rising recruitment campaign launches £5m fundraise News

Hospitality Rising recruitment campaign launches £5m fundraise

18 November 2021 by

Hospitality Rising, led by ex Pret a Manger and YO! Sushi marketer Mark McCulloch to tackle[...]

Hospitality staffing shortage: alternative ways to find employees Staffing

Hospitality staffing shortage: alternative ways to find employees

15 July 2021 by

With the hospitality staffing crisis worse than ever, employers using traditional means of finding staff are[...]

Find solutions to the talent shortage at the Staffing Summit News

Find solutions to the talent shortage at the Staffing Summit

06 July 2021 by

As operators struggle to find the staff to fully reopen post lockdown, The Caterer is holding[...]

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Travelodge targets parents to fill job roles post-Brexit

14 January 2019 by
Great British Turn Off: TV cooking shows exacerbating staff crisis, poll suggests Foodservice

Great British Turn Off: TV cooking shows exacerbating staff crisis, poll suggests

27 November 2018
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An industry in crisis, part three: What the operators say Hotel

An industry in crisis, part three: What the operators say

20 October 2018
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