A recent report from a government think-tank recommended that chefs be removed from the shortage occupation list. To put it simply, this would have meant that the UK no longer looks to other countries to fill job vacancies in the UK. The report was released recently by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which offer independent advice to the government about
Continue reading Special training academies had to be set up in bid to find hospitality workers as Brexit, Covid and agency working cuts the number of chef candidates It’s not so much a case of too many cooks as one of not enough chefs with Plymouth hospitality companies struggling to recruit staff. Three leading employers have been involved in special recruitment events
Continue reading Restaurants Are the New Factories Donald Trump’s ideal economy is defined by brawn. He praises steelworkers, speaks wistfully of coal mining, and tweets boastfully about new manufacturing factories. But 200 days into his presidency, the most promising sector of the U.S. labor market isn’t steel-plating. It’s dinner-plating. Restaurant jobs are on fire in 2017, growing faster than health care, construction,
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