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skills shortagesIn this section you will find all articles about skills shortages, giving you an easy route to all the information and news about skills shortages on Caterersearch. For subject overviews take a look at Caterersearch’s expert guides that provide 'everything you need to know' on popular subjects like skills shortages, Gordon Ramsay, Compass or Michelin-starred restaurants. Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Previous | Next About the judgesAn expert and fully independent judging panel has been selected for The Caterer Group Best Places to Work in Hospitality Awards, 2006. Hospitality faces big staffing challengeRecruiting bright, enthusiastic staff to fill vacancies in the hospitality industry will be hugely challenging during the next decade, according to a leading business strategist. College offers new scholarship for traineesA London college has announced a new scholarship in the wake of criticism from the industry about the quality of hospitality training. Take-away association wants quota system for unskilled workersThe Chinese Takeaway Association UK (CTA) is calling on the Government to introduce a quota system to allow the sector to employ unskilled workers from the Far East. The association believes that a sector-based scheme (SBS) would allow Chinese take-aways to employ unskilled workers and prevent the use of illegal immigrants. CTA chairman Thomas Chan said: "Chinese take-aways are targeted every week by immigration officials. An SBS scheme would help the sector." The association carried out a survey of 75 restaurants and take-aways in Stirling, Scotland, last year and found some employing a mixture of illegal and legal workers. These included asylum seekers, without valid permits to work, and some illegal Chinese immigrants. Meanwhile, two Chinese take-aways in Lancaster have been found employing illegal immigrants by an investigation by immigration officials and Lancashire police force. The raid at Wok Express and Golden Jade led to nine arrests Indian restaurants in staff crisis after migrant quota cutsCurry houses across the UK are facing closure due to a staffing crisis. Hospitality bosses urged to use apprenticeships to plug skills gapsHospitality bosses should make better use of apprenticeships to tackle the ever-widening skills gap in the industry, claims the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Skills gap affects nearly one-third of hospitality and leisure businessesNearly a third of bosses in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sectors say skills gaps are affecting their bottom line. Employing workers from overseasMany hospitality businesses in the UK are turning to workers from overseas to fill existing skills gaps. But employers have to be careful to follow the correct procedures, or they could find themselves landed with a hefty fine. Over to youCould employers be more provocative in solving the skills and recruitment crisis in the UK? New EU states workers could ease jobs crisisJob applications from the 10 new EU states have surged dramatically since they joined in May, raising hopes that the new workforce could ease skills shortages in the UK hospitality industry. In BriefPrime cuts from Brakes, Skills programme backed
Glasgow hotels club together to recruit unemployedNine hotels in Glasgow have got together to help tackle the skills shortage facing the industry in the city. What the weekend papers sayA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry... Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Previous | Next |
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