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Nine in 10 hospitality businesses struggling to recruit staff

14 October 2021 by

Ninety-two per cent of businesses in the hotels, hospitality and catering sector who are attempting to recruit staff have reported difficulties, a significant rise from 76% in the second quarter and the highest rate since records began in 1997.

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D&D London makes chef training programme permanent after summer school success

13 October 2021 by

D&D London has announced it will be permanently rolling out its chef training programme after seeing 50 of its summer school participants join the business.

Hospitality job vacancies up 50,000 since pandemic began News

Hospitality job vacancies up 50,000 since pandemic began

12 October 2021 by
Staff shortage forces hotel to close two days a week during ‘busiest month of the year’ News

Staff shortage forces hotel to close two days a week during ‘busiest month of the year’

12 October 2021 by
Emergency visas extended to food haulage drivers News

Emergency visas extended to food haulage drivers

04 October 2021 by
Staffing crisis pushing up wages as one in six jobs lie vacant News

Staffing crisis pushing up wages as one in six jobs lie vacant

04 October 2021 by

Mounting calls for hospitality visas following HGV drivers announcement News

Mounting calls for hospitality visas following HGV drivers announcement

28 September 2021 by

Hospitality bosses have renewed calls for a visa scheme to allow workers to come to the[...]

Government to offer short-term visas to tackle supply chain disruption News

Government to offer short-term visas to tackle supply chain disruption

27 September 2021 by

The government has announced that short-term visas will become available in the run-up to Christmas to[...]

Travelodge targets parents in bid to fill 750 staff vacancies News

Travelodge targets parents in bid to fill 750 staff vacancies

24 September 2021 by

Travelodge has launched a recruitment drive targeting parents in a bid to fill 750 job roles[...]

Wake-up call: Can I ‘fire and rehire’ my employees? Advice

Wake-up call: Can I ‘fire and rehire’ my employees?

23 September 2021 by

The controversial practice is not illegal, but employers should take heed when seeking to change an[...]

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Making fine food fair: top chefs on leadership in kitchens

What makes a good kitchen, in all senses? In our third feature in partnership with the #FairKitchens’ campaign, we ask some of the UK’s best chefs about leadership."

23 September 2021 by
Pret A Manger to hire 3,000 new staff in major expansion drive News

Pret A Manger to hire 3,000 new staff in major expansion drive

22 September 2021
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Pret A Manger is to hire 3,000 new staff as it looks to double the size of its business within the next five years.

Hospitality staffing crisis: Prezzo to give teams pay rise and Boxing Day off News

Hospitality staffing crisis: Prezzo to give teams pay rise and Boxing Day off

20 September 2021
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Prezzo has announced it will give staff a pay rise next month and close all of its restaurants on Boxing Day in a bid to boost recruitment.

Soutine temporarily closes due to staff shortages News

Soutine temporarily closes due to staff shortages

20 September 2021 by

Corbin & King is the latest hospitality group to be hit by recruitment issues after having[...]

Pret A Manger to give 5% pay rise to shop staff News

Pret A Manger to give 5% pay rise to shop staff

17 September 2021 by

Pret A Manger is to give a 5% pay rise to all staff working in its[...]

Hospitality businesses most likely to be struggling to fill vacancies News

Hospitality businesses most likely to be struggling to fill vacancies

16 September 2021 by

Hospitality businesses are more than twice as likely as other industries to be experiencing challenges in[...]

How to avoid and resolve conflict in a hospitality workplace Staffing

How to avoid and resolve conflict in a hospitality workplace

16 September 2021 by

In the second of our three-part series on harassment in the industry in partnership with #FairKitchens,[...]

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Mayor of London calls for Covid recovery visa

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has backed calls for the government to introduce a Covid recovery visa to plug the shortage of workers across industries including hospitality."

15 September 2021 by
Hospitality staffing shortage pushes UK job vacancies over one million for first time News

Hospitality staffing shortage pushes UK job vacancies over one million for first time

14 September 2021
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The explosion in hospitality job vacancies has helped push the number of employment opportunities over the one million mark for the first time since records began.

Costa to give 5% pay rise to 14,500 staff News

Costa to give 5% pay rise to 14,500 staff

09 September 2021
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Costa Coffee is to give a 5% pay rise to all 14,500 of its staff working in company-owned stores in the UK.

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