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Perth steakhouse closes for ‘foreseeable future’ due to staff shortages blamed on Covid and Brexit
11/10/2022
A Perth restaurant owner says Brexit and Covid related staff shortages has left him with no other choice than to close his business.
"For anyone who has worked in purchasing for some time, this is as significant and widespread a challenge as we’ve seen."
Sunny days should see the UK’s restaurants and pubs welcoming customers, but they face a staffing nightmare.
A GLASGOW restaurant has said that Brexit is one of the reasons it has been forced to close.
A Michelin-star restaurant will stop serving lunch because of a lack of staff, its founder has announced.
Brexit’s impact on UK’s hospitality industry ‘huge’ as European workforce denied chances, says top Northern Ireland chef Clare Smyth
03/07/2022
Northern Ireland’s highest-honoured chef has described the impact of Brexit on the UK’s European hospitality workforce as ‘huge’. / "But Brexit has been huge. The whole industry is missing the European workforce."
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.
Jason Atherton says he will have to mothball or fully close restaurants due to Conservative policy on EU employment after Brexit.
Overseas bricklayers and carpenters could be able to get work visas more easily in the UK after the government updated its shortage occupation list. / The committee did not recommend any hospitality occupations be included, although it said Brexit and the pandemic had "significant effects" on both sectors.
Battle to stabilise hospitality and tourism in the Ribble Valley after blows of Brexit and pandemic
16/06/2022
Tourism and hospitality activity in the Ribble Valley and work to stabilise the constantly-changing visitor economy following Brexit and the pandemic is being discussed by borough councillors this week.
FRESH produce headed for UK supermarkets is being dumped due to driver shortage linked to Brexit, a major distributor has warned.
With Indian restaurants in crisis, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel said we would be able to employ more chefs from south Asia.
NI seafood restaurant set for menu change after running out of fish due to ‘Brexit and rising costs’
24/06/2022
A seafood restaurant in Portstewart has announced it will be changing its menu after running out of fish this week.
Your favourite curry houses won’t survive Brexit – ‘vindaloo visas’ will speed up their demise
15/11/2019
These businesses have been a part of British history for 200 years. But with persistent restaurant staff shortages and plans to shake up the industry, time is running out for them.
Brexiteer calls for pubs and restaurants to re-open as ‘majority don’t care about coronavirus’
23/03/2020
A Brexiteer politician has called for pubs and restaurants to re-open because he claims a ‘majority don’t care about the coronavirus’.
The ripple effects are being felt across a wide range of sectors, from farming and construction to retail.
Dough&Co started serving in October, months behind schedule after being hit by Brexit delays
'Angry and frustrated': Restaurants aren't happy about plans to curb 'low-skilled' migration
20/02/2020
The hospitality industry has responded with disdain to new government plans that will make it harder for EU citizens to get UK visas.
Brexit and the pandemic are being blamed by a Horsham restaurant for an ‘unusually high level of staff shortages’ which has resulted in its temporary closure.
A London restaurant owner says he won't remove the message on receipts, which celebrates immigration.
There is no such thing as lunch for Pied a Terre and Le Gavroche as Brexit bites.
Somewhere in the country one more closes every day, as falling immigration squeezes staff and and a weak pound drives up costs.
The past two years have been the hardest ever for restaurants. Amid critical shortages of staff, food supplies and even customers, can a new venture from the man behind Polpo survive?
A Michelin-starred chef has said he has been forced to temporarily close his restaurant, saying he has a staffing shortage because of Brexit and Covid.