The UK Hospitality Industry has widespread supply problems caused by increased demand causing price increases of 1.2% in August, the new edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals. The report highlighted the damaging impacts of acute shortages….
Monthly Archives: October, 2021
UK Hotel Sector is Set for a Slow Recovery
Demand is gradually returning for the UK hotel sector, but trading is not expected to hit pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022, according to PwC’s UK Hotels Forecast 2021-2022. The forecast for occupancy rates by the end of 2022 was between 70% and 90% of pre-pandemic….
Are Restaurant Waiting Staff Jobs Declining?
Restaurant waiting staff are one of the most important elements of the eating-out experience! The hospitality staffing crisis seems to be worsening. Restaurants are reducing hours to cope with fewer staff members, and job adverts remain unanswered. Alongside their VAT rates….
Hospitality Staff Recruitment Struggle
Ninety-two per cent of businesses in the hotels and catering sector, are struggling with their hospitality staff recruitment drive. A significant rise from 76% in the second quarter and the highest rate since records began in 1997. The figures have been released by the British….
Hospitality Workforce Post Pandemic
Speaking during Sky News’s Great Debate on immigration, Ottolenghi said the hospitality workforce has diminished due to the “Brexit effect”, with not enough people willing to work in hospitality. Not enough people in the UK are willing to be part of the hospitality workforce, despite….
Hospitality Employability Gap: Is this the answer?
A FREE service will be launched this week to create a “trained and ready workforce” for the understaffed hospitality and leisure sectors. The hospitality and customer service programme At Your Service is being operated by the charitable housing association BCHA with….
Brexit to Blame for Chef Job Shortage
The UK Government’s Brexit denial is costing this country its greatest treasure – people. To continually deny that Brexit isn’t to blame for the Chef job shortage plaguing the country right now beggar’s belief, despite a hostile immigration system which…
UK Hospitality Conference Has Positive Atmosphere
A stellar line up of business leaders, industry experts and policymakers joined operators and suppliers from across the sector at the UK Hospitality annual conference yesterday to discuss and share insights on the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead…
Hospitality Jobs: One in Six Lie Vacant
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 team members. The third-quarter poll highlighted 96% of business…
Waiting and Bar Staff Shortage
Hospitality venues are using apps to source Waiting and Bar Staff for a fraction of a traditional shift while others are closing down amid staff shortages. Pubs and restaurants are being forced to rely on students working two-hour shifts to stay open, as venues…