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Official figures: ONS data revealed the jobs market overall has seen record high numbers of vacancies (image: Getty/Tim White)

134,000 jobs still empty

By Nikkie Thatcher

Job vacancies in the food services and accommodation sector are still at more than 100,000, after rising by 25,000 from the previous quarter, official figures have revealed.

Wage increase: it is expected national living wage will be rising by 5.7% (image: Getty/ georgeclerk)

What are the average salaries for pub jobs?

By Nikkie Thatcher

Following the rumoured rise in that national living wage (NLW), The Morning Advertiser has taken a look at the average salary amounts for job across the pub sector.

Recruitment news: politicians put more emphasis on the Real Living Wage

Real Living Wage: Best operators have ‘little to fear'

By Michelle Perrett

Increasing pressure on hospitality operators to pay the Real Living Wage (RLW) is likely to prove to be an irresistible force for those who want to employ the best staff, workforce management specialist Bizimply has predicted.

Staff shortage: the vacancies in the accommodation and food sector make up just over a tenth of the UK's overall empty job roles (image: Getty/SolStock)

117,000 job vacancies in hospitality sector

By Nikkie Thatcher

There are currently 117,000 vacancies in the accommodation and food service sector – up from 16,000 for the same period (May to July) in 2020, according to official figures.

Recruitment issues: 'The solution is not as important here as getting across the point that we need to stop blaming the hospitality sector itself for this staff shortage crisis'

Opinion

Stop blaming the industry for the hospitality staff crisis

By Sarah John, director, Boss Brewing

Those of us within the hospitality industry are well aware that we face a staff crisis; there is no disputing that we are experiencing rising worker shortages, with job vacancies at higher-than-ever levels.

Trade-wide issue: all firms across the industry are suffering from the staff recruitment crisis (image: Getty/sasar)

All hospitality firms looking for workers

By Nikkie Thatcher

Every business in the hospitality sector has job roles to be filled currently, an industry-wide survey has revealed, with recruitment for front-of-house staff at the fore.

New cash: the polymer £20 note first entered circulation in February 2020

Paper £20 to be withdrawn in 2022

By Nikkie Thatcher

The old paper £20 and £50 notes will be no longer be considered legal tender from 30 September 2022, the Bank of England has announced.

Staff shortage: the recruitment crisis in the trade has meant wages have risen (image: Getty/Volha Shakhava)

Wages driven up by staff shortages

By MCA

The average wages of pub and restaurant workers have risen by as much as 14%, driven by a shortage of staff in the hospitality sector.

Improvement required: 'We need to stop talking about it and make serious strides to making this an industry to be proud of, not just a part time job before people move onto bigger and better things'

Opinion

Is the hospitality sector suffering from its reluctance to invest in staff?

By Heath Ball, managing director, Frisco Group

It’s no secret that that most hospitality businesses are suffering from a staff shortage – yes, even you Mr Martin – but while we look at Brexit and Covid-19 as the perpetrators of the problem, should we be looking closer to home for answers?

The Morning Advertiser Lock In podcast episode 24

The Lock In Podcast

The Lock In Podcast: Can't get the staff, literally...

By Ed Bedington

One of the key challenges of reopening has been on the staffing front, from re-energising long furloughed team members, through to recruiting replacements and training teams back up to speed. The Lock In podcast team take a deep dive into those issues,...

Next steps: 'We are looking forward to CPL Learning continuing this journey with Access and becoming bigger, brighter, and better,' Jamie Campbell, director of learning, hospitality, at CPL

Access Group acquires CPL Learning

By The Morning Advertiser

The Access Group has acquired learning and development partner for the hospitality and retail sectors, CPL Learning, to strengthen its customer proposition.

Employment stats: data from the Office of National Statistics showed hospitality had more than 350,000 fewer workers than the previous year (image: Getty/RyanKing999)

Unemployment figures ‘show fragility of sector’

By Nikkie Thatcher

The latest jobs data highlights how fragile the hospitality sector is alongside the importance it has to the country’s economic recovery off the back of the pandemic, according to one trade body.

The Morning Advertiser Lock In podcast episode 12

The Lock In Podcast

The Lock In Podcast: People power

By Ed Bedington

It's all about the people in this episode of the podcast as the team talk training, furlough challenges, keeping teams engaged, future recruitment challenges and we speak to special guest Jamie Campbell from CPL Learning to get his advice and tips...

'Horrendous' year: 'Lockdowns kept pulling the rug out from under the sector and, just as outlets got back on their feet, they had to shut down again,' Wagestream CEO Peter Briffett said

Winter hospitality shifts down 81% versus 2019

By Stuart Stone

The number of hospitality shifts worked in 2020 was 47% lower than 2019’s overall figure – peaking at a 97% drop during the toughest months of the sector’s shutdown.

Using the time wisely: publican Stephen Ward has been ensuring his pub is Covid-secure while it remains closed (image: Mat Fascione, Geograph)

Leicester operator helping community while closed

By Emily Hawkins

A publican in Leicester has shared his experiences of a continued shutdown after the city was placed into a ‘local lockdown’ at the start of the month, owing to high numbers of Covid-19 cases.

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