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AUGUST. 2021 | VOL. 19
Training with the BSA
Martyn Herriott
I am indebted this month to the City & Guilds
Group which has been collaborating with
businesses and the Government to produce a
number of hard-hitting reports on vocational
education.
The majority of us are aware that there is a staff
crisis in the hospitality industry. But is there is a
skills shortage in the hospitality industry?
On April 27th this year Hospitality & Catering Post-Brexit, all migrant workers, EU and Non-
News reported:
EU, must earn at least £26,500 a year and
have secured a ‘suitable’ job before they
"The UK has always relied upon a transient enter the UK.
workforce that works very effectively for both
employees and employers.
Those requirements make it impossible for
hospitality employers to provide jobs for EU
The seasonality of many parts of hospitality Nationals wanting to work in the UK as
where staff needs to be recruited in waves suits waitresses and waiters, as well as countless
people looking for temporary and part-time other roles in hospitality.
work.
So, it is not a skills shortage, it is UK
Reopening will see an unusually high spike in hospitality employers who do not pay a living
such needs as not only will many new jobs be wage.
created, but a staycation boom is also on the
horizon”.
Therefore, even if the UK improves the skills
of hospitality workers they cannot earn
enough to live and will look for better well-
paid jobs. Perhaps this is all about to change
over the coming months and years?
The City & Guilds Group has launched their
Skills Index 2021 report, exploring how the
skills and employment landscape is
transforming and examining what skills and
opportunities are growing now and in the
future.
