Recruitment - Hospitality

Hospitality job vacancies rise by almost 700% year on year

15-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Job vacancies in the hospitality sector have risen by almost 700% from November 2021 to January 2022 versus the same period a year ago.

Hospitality Rising wins Government support as it looks to solve sector's recruitment crisis

10-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

Hospitality Rising has won official support from the Hospitality & Tourism Sector Skills Board (HTSB) to be the strategic face of the industry’s biggest ever recruitment campaign.

Westminster Council announces funding to help hospitality businesses recruit local jobseekers

04-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

Westminster City Council has announced a £1m fund to train and recruit the waiters, baristas and bar staff of the future.

The Landmark London launches four day working week for chefs

27-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

The Landmark London hotel in Marylebone is has announced the launch of a scheme to allow its chefs to work a four day week with increased pay.

A third of UK hospitality shift workers want to leave their jobs, research shows

26-Jan-2022 By Restaurant

The workforce crisis in hospitality could deepen with new research revealing that a third of UK hospitality shift workers want to leave their jobs.

Hospitality workforce numbers rise but remain well below pre-pandemic levels

20-Jan-2022 By Restaurant

The number of people working in hospitality has risen over the past year but the sector is still well behind on employment levels before the pandemic hit, new data has shown.

Staffing struggles rumble on with 83% of hospitality business reporting difficulties with recruitment

13-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses are some of the most likely to report facing difficulties in finding staff according to new figures released by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Only A Pavement Away plans to launch 10 training cafés by the end of 2022

05-Jan-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Only A Pavement Away - a charity that gets those facing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans into hospitality – is to launch a series of employment training cafés from this spring.

Omicron concerns take bite out of recruitment as bookings fall

08-Dec-2021 By James McAllister

Job adverts in hospitality have fallen 25% in a week as operators scrap hiring plans amid a downturn in bookings caused by concern over the Omicron Covid variant, figures show.

New Year’s revolution: how the hospitality sector will combat the staffing crisis in 2022

06-Dec-2021 By James McAllister

Labour shortages have left hospitality businesses across the country scrambling for staff, and desperate to find a long-term solution to the recruitment crisis.

Pubs and restaurants face 'increasing pressure' of rising wages

26-Nov-2021 By James McAllister

Hourly rates of pay across pubs and restaurants are climbing steadily with back-of-house roles in one age bracket approaching £10 per hour for the first time, according to Fourth.

Young blood: exodus of 25 to 40 year-olds puts emphasis on younger workers

25-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

New data reveals that 210,000 millennial workers have left the hospitality industry since December 2019, with younger workers stepping up to fill the gap.

Hospitality Rising aims to raise £5m for 'world's biggest hospitality recruitment ad campaign'

18-Nov-2021 By Restaurant

A recruitment campaign to attract more talent into the hospitality industry is aiming to raise £5m to meet its goals.

Tom Kerridge: "We're trying to change the conversation about what a career in hospitality means"

16-Nov-2021 By James McAllister

Tom Kerridge says he hopes the release of a new recruitment video for his restaurant group will help show more people that hospitality can offer long-term career prospects.

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Hot TIP: introducing the new platform helping hospitality get back on its feet

15-Nov-2021 By Restaurant

TIP Hospitality is a new organisation and platform for hospitality professionals that has also been designed to strengthen the hospitality industry.

Kate Nicholls sounds warning over cost price inflation

10-Nov-2021 By James McAllister

MPs have been told some hospitality businesses expect to raise prices three times before April next year, amid significant cost price inflation caused by ongoing supply chain and recruitment issues.

Restaurants boost wages amid staffing struggles

14-Oct-2021 By James McAllister

More than a third of UK hospitality employers have boosted pay and benefits in an attempt to attract and retain staff, new data from Lightspeed reveals.

D&D London unveils permanent chef training programme

13-Oct-2021 By James McAllister

D&D London has announced it will be permanently rolling out its chef training programme that it launched over the summer.

Hospitality sees biggest sector increase in job vacancies compared to pre-pandemic levels

12-Oct-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality has seen the biggest increase in job vacancies of any sector compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest official figures.

Confidence in recruitment collapses as one in six hospitality jobs lie vacant

04-Oct-2021 By James McAllister

One in six (16%) hospitality jobs currently lie vacant, the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth indicates, triggering intense competition among firms to recruit and retain staff.

Sole searching: on-the-job pain major factor in people leaving sector

29-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Nearly 20% of workers are considering leaving the hospitality and retail sector as a result of on-the-job pain.

Hospitality leaders call on Government to urgently loosen visa rules for staff

28-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

More than 65 hospitality leaders including Jeremy King, Yotam Ottolenghi and Skye Gyngell have signed an open letter to the Government demanding immigration requirements for hospitality workers be urgently loosened.

Prezzo ups wages amid recruitment struggle

20-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Casual dining brand Prezzo is the latest hospitality operator to announce a pay increase for staff, as businesses continue to struggle with recruitment.

Hospitality businesses 'more than twice as likely' to be struggling to fill vacancies

17-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses are more than twice as likely as other industries to be experiencing challenges in filling job vacancies, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Itsu ups entry-level pay by 11%

16-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Itsu is battling the industry’s ongoing recruitment crisis with an 11% increase for entry-level team members.

Falling labour and rising ingredient costs drive rethinks on supply

14-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Chronic labour shortages, insufficient manufactured stocks and post-Brexit challenges on imports are combining to create disruption and inflation across the foodservice sector, the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals.

Hospitality pushes job vacancies to highest ever levels

14-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

Job vacancies rose to their highest levels since records began in the three months to August, according to official figures, propelled by ongoing recruitment issues in the hospitality sector.

Scottish hospitality bosses call on ‘silver servers’ to help plug the staffing gap

08-Sep-2021 By James McAllister

The Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) says a generation of so-called ‘silver servers’ could provide a solution to the ongoing recruitment crisis facing the sector.

Wagamama warns of staff shortages as Brexit immigration restrictions bite

06-Sep-2021 By Restaurant

Wagamama has revealed that it is struggling to hire chefs at around fifth of its restaurants as a result of Brexit immigration restrictions.

'Chronic' staff shortages force permanent closure of Hang Fire Southern Kitchen

26-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn's renowned Barry-based barbecue restaurant Hang Fire Southern Kitchen in Wales has been forced to close permanently as a result of 'chronic' post-pandemic staff shortages.

Staff shortages and import/export challenges the biggest impacts of Brexit for hospitality

23-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Staff shortages and challenges around importing and exporting have been the biggest impacts of Brexit to businesses within the hospitality sector, according to Lumina Intelligence.

Scottish Hospitality Group calls for four-nations approach to tackle hospitality jobs crisis

17-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

The Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) is urging Westminster to work with the three devolved nations and introduce a migrant visa scheme to provide hospitality employers with access to workers.

Hospitality job vacancies soar

17-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Job vacancies across the hospitality sector more than doubled between May and July, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

D&D London extends summer school training programme

29-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

D&D London is to continue with its paid summer school training programme, which aims to secure employment for people looking to enter hospitality but have little or no previous experience.

Le Caprice reopens as training academy

26-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Iconic London restaurant Le Caprice has reopened as a training academy in response to the worsening staff shortage hitting the hospitality sector.

Hospitality facing shortfall of more than 200,000 workers

22-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality is facing a shortage of more than 200,000 workers with vacancies across every business in the sector, according to new research from the UK’s leading industry trade bodies.

Hospitality recruitment drive launches in Scotland

06-Jul-2021 By Restaurant

A hospitality recruitment drive for the hospitality and tourism sectors in Scotland has been launched in a bid to encourage more young people into the sector as a result of shortfall due to Brexit.

D&D London launches Summer School in aim to boost recruitment

01-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

D&D London is to launch a paid summer school training programme that aims to secure employment for people looking to enter hospitality but have little or no previous experience.

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