How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
Britain needs 100,000 more drivers if it is to meet demand, according to the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA). The signs are already there: sporadic gaps on supermarket shelves, pubs running low on beer, McDonald's suspending milkshakes.
Popular breakfasts fall victim to latest supply-chain headache for Tim Martin – week after some of his pubs ran out of Heineken
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin blames beer shortages on ‘industrial action by lorry drivers’ – not Brexit
01/09/2021
Heineken said strike action was actually cancelled – and that wider supply chain problems were the cause of the delays.
Wetherspoon's — one of the U.K.'s largest pub chains — admitted this week that they were struggling to keep some major beer brands in stock.
‘A Convenient Scapegoat’: Empty Shelves are due to Brexit Not the Pingdemic - Here’s the Evidence
22/07/2021
With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit.
Bars and pubs are struggling to get drinks from Europe due to Brexit paperwork and rising costs
24/06/2021
‘Everything’s just a lot more difficult and it’s costing us more’
The UK hospitality industry’s labour shortage is set to get ‘significantly worse’ after the cut-off for EU settled status on 30 June, a London law firm has warned.
A HOSPITALITY crisis has beset the Isle of Wight, leaving busy pubs, hotels and restaurants desperately looking for staff.
Restaurants may be reopening in the UK but even top establishments are facing a recruitment headache in some areas, from chefs to sommeliers.
Sunny days should see the UK’s restaurants and pubs welcoming customers, but they face a staffing nightmare.
British pubs facing ‘acute’ staff shortages
03/06/2021
Restaurants are also having to reduce capacity because they do not have the staff to open.
Local hospitality hit by severe staff shortages as “perfect storm” of Covid and Brexit sweeps country
01/06/2021
St Albans pubs and restaurants are desperately trying to recruit workers as a series of factors combine to create an extreme shortage of staff in the industry.
The boss of a Welsh food distribution company is calling for a special dispensation for workers from Europe to come to work in pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Recruitment problems hit Devon after Brexit
26/05/2021
Tourism faces massive recruitment problems post-lockdown in Devon, forcing many businesses to remain closed for part of the week.
The most obvious macro factor is Brexit. Before Britain left the EU, more than 30% of hospitality workers across the UK were European. In London, the proportion was more than half. Brexit and the pandemic have meant many of those workers have returned to their home countries.
Businesses in Cumbria’s hospitality sector fear a perfect storm of Brexit and coronavirus mean they face losing out on potential trade when lockdown eases.
Venues aim to recruit after Covid but face lack of supply of skilled people from the EU.
Pub boss Harvey Melia had to axe a virtual beer tasting session after 100 cans of foreign ale ended up trapped at Customs, apparently because of new post-Brexit regulations.
Just as Britain’s pubs, restaurants and food retailers prepare to emerge from lockdown in the coming months -- generating an expected surge in business -- Brexit threatens to deal the beleaguered sector a fresh setback.
It encourages customers to visit independent local pubs instead of the nearest branch of the pub chain
Pubs are reopening up and down the land and now a new app will let you find the best local boozers nearby so you never have to head to a Wetherspoons again.