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By Shekina Tuahene
66% ‘‘
14
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
That’s the number of non-British people
applying for jobs in the UK’s hospitality
industry. Despite Brexit, non-national
job seekers have not been put off
from applying for work in London’s
restaurants and hotels. Hospitality
recruiter, the Change Group, found that
there was a 7.5% increase in new job
seekers in the six months after Brexit.
The number of people applying from
EU countries stayed the same at 50%.
Change Group director Craig Allen
described the increase in applicants
as “excellent” but stressed that more
Britons needed to be encouraged to
work in hospitality. With the recent
triggering of Article 50, some hoteliers
are concerned about how the industry
will be affected if the working rights of
EU nationals in the UK change.
WE ARE DELIGHTED
THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO
OFFER SO MANY
OF THEM A PROPER
JOB WHICH WILL
GIVE THEM EVEN
MORE EXPERIENCE
‘‘
STAT OF THE MONTH
Holly Kelleher, The Vault manager
This quote comes from the manager of the
UK’s first hotel for young people with autism
and learning difficulties, which gave a group
of trainees their first permanent jobs. The
Vault in Gateshead trained a group of young
adults with learning difficulties in various skills
including reception work and preparing and
serving food. Following the training programme,
the hotel announced that it had given 13
members of the training group jobs with The
Vault owners, the St Camillus Care Group.
They have been given roles in the kitchen,
bar and reception respectively. The hotel is
expected to open in May after it was granted
planning permission in August last year.
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