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Hang Fire Southern Kitchen closes permanently due to staff shortages

25 August 2021 by

Acclaimed barbecue restaurant Hang Fire Southern Kitchen in Barry has closed permanently due to a shortage of hospitality staff.

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Zia Lucia launches 'pizza school' to tackle staff shortages

20 August 2021 by

London restaurant group Zia Lucia is the latest hospitality operator to launch an in-house training scheme to tackle staff shortages.

More than 92,000 EU workers estimated to have left UK’s hospitality sector News

More than 92,000 EU workers estimated to have left UK’s hospitality sector

05 August 2021 by

More than 92,000 workers from the European Union are estimated to have left the UK’s hospitality[...]

How rethinking recruitment can help the hospitality industry bounce back from the staffing shortage Staffing

How rethinking recruitment can help the hospitality industry bounce back from the staffing shortage

05 August 2021 by

For the industry to bounce back from the current staffing shortage, hard truths must be accepted[...]

Hospitality and catering qualifications added to government’s free courses for jobs offer News

Hospitality and catering qualifications added to government’s free courses for jobs offer

29 July 2021 by

Hospitality and catering qualifications have been added to the government’s free courses for jobs offer, including[...]

The Walnut Tree forced to close temporarily due to staff shortage News

The Walnut Tree forced to close temporarily due to staff shortage

27 July 2021 by

The Michelin-starred Walnut Tree near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire has become the latest restaurant forced to close[...]

Simon Rogan to launch culinary academy with Kendal College to help plug skills gap News

Simon Rogan to launch culinary academy with Kendal College to help plug skills gap

21 July 2021

Simon Rogan, the chef behind the two-Michelin-starred restaurant L’Enclume in Cumbria, is launching a new culinary academy in collaboration with Kendal College.

Free Staffing Summit today to offer practical people solutions News

Free Staffing Summit today to offer practical people solutions

21 July 2021

With staffing top of the agenda for every hospitality operator, The Caterer is holding a Staffing Summit to explore the options open to hospitality businesses to expand their people pipeline.

Government launches strategy to support hospitality recovery including dedicated council News

Government launches strategy to support hospitality recovery including dedicated council

16 July 2021 by

The government has launched a ‘hospitality strategy’ to support the recovery of the sector, including a[...]

Hospitality job vacancies drive UK past pre-pandemic levels News

Hospitality job vacancies drive UK past pre-pandemic levels

15 July 2021 by

Job vacancies in hospitality were one of the major drivers that saw the UK surpass pre-pandemic[...]

Chef union says threat of award removal would have ‘seismic impact’ on working conditions in hospitality News

Chef union says threat of award removal would have ‘seismic impact’ on working conditions in hospitality

08 July 2021 by

Removing awards from hospitality businesses where abuse is proven would have a “seismic impact” on working[...]

Three-quarters of hotel and catering firms looking to recruit struggling to find staff News

Three-quarters of hotel and catering firms looking to recruit struggling to find staff

07 July 2021 by

More than half (51%) of hotel and catering firms were looking for new staff in the[...]

Scotland launches recruitment drive for tourism and hospitality News

Scotland launches recruitment drive for tourism and hospitality

06 July 2021

The Scottish government has launched a campaign encouraging people to choose a career in the tourism and hospitality industry.

Where have all the hospitality workers gone? In-Depth

Where have all the hospitality workers gone?

02 July 2021

When faced with the fact that only 27% of hospitality staff have returned to work after furlough, a staffing crisis is a given. We find out what the sector plans to do about it in the Hospitality Business Leaders Survey[...]

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