being foreign nationals, this will severely impact on restaurants, bars and more being able to fill those all-important vacancies.
Utilising and developing apprenticeships schemes, such as the
scheme set up by chef Paul Ainsworth are a viable option attract more young people into the industry will hopefully help increase the number of people taking up roles in hospitality.
However, many British nationals are choosing not to go into a career in the hospitality industry which is further contributing to the shortage of workers. Variables such as the long, unsociable hours,
the stress,
the pressure and the
potential impact on mental health are all factors that could put people off from working in hospitality.
The Confederation of British Industry has expressed concern about the proposed crackdown on ‘low-skilled workers’. They said: “It would make a shortage of care, construction and hospitality workers worse, adding: "Restricting access to the workers the UK needs is self-defeating."
When speaking to the Metro, Jill Rutter from the independent Think Tank The Institute for Government confirmed that a lot of sectors – such as hospitality were dependent on low-paid migration. She said: “If the post-exit new migration strategy is that those jobs should be available to Brits, then the question is “does that sector start to pay enough to attract the British workers” in who have so far said they actually don’t want to work in those sectors which is why that sector has become extraordinarily dependent on EU migration.”
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