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British curry industry ‘dying’ because of Brexit and staff shortages, leading restaurateurs warn
26/12/2018
The British curry industry is “dying” because of Brexit and staff shortages, leading restaurateurs have warned.
Somewhere in the country one more closes every day, as falling immigration squeezes staff and and a weak pound drives up costs.
Curry house bosses told how they felt “used”, “let down” and may have been given “false hope” by politicians that quitting the EU would allow more workers in from South Asia to address staff shortages.
A London restaurant owner says he won't remove the message on receipts, which celebrates immigration.
With Indian restaurants in crisis, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel said we would be able to employ more chefs from south Asia.
A Brexit-related exodus of EU workers from Suffolk has seen restaurants close, business advisors warned today.
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.
'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.
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’.
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.
Venues aim to recruit after Covid but face lack of supply of skilled people from the EU.
As London gradually unlocks, its hospitality sector is slowly waking up. / But there’s a familiar theme evident throughout this enormous industry: thousands of Europeans who used to work here have moved on.
Britain is facing a post-Brexit “exodus of EU waiters and baristas” with "prospective foreign workers are shunning the UK because of tighter visa rules and higher entry costs post-Brexit.”
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.
From One Crisis to Another - As COVID-19’s influence begins to wane, restaurants, their workers, and their suppliers are heading out of the frying pan and into the fire of Brexit
14/05/2021
“For restaurants, COVID-19 has temporarily overshadowed many of the anticipated effects of Brexit.”
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.
Chefs in Northern Ireland struggle to ship top fruit and veg from Britain due to Brexit complications
25/05/2021
‘Since getting in touch with suppliers ahead of reopening, I’ve found certain fruit and veg is harder – for smaller importers, it’s not worth the extra expense and time’
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 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.
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.
Chef-patron Michel Roux Jr. told customers the restaurant would be open for dinner service only from mid-June and said a combination of Brexit and the pandemic is to blame.
Post-Brexit: Businesses hit by labour shortages call for Brexit rules to be relaxed [4 mins]
02/06/2021
As the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where have all the workers gone? ... From farms to factories and hospitality to haulage, many industries are warning they won’t be able to bounce back unless Brexit rules on workers are relaxed. We report from Kent.