Why Home Office visa plans will be ‘nail in the coffin’ for UK hospitality

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Admin

Rise in salary requirements will further fuel staff shortages in industry that relies on skilled migrant workers

What do you call an Italian restaurant that doesn’t serve pizza?

During the 2022 Edinburgh fringe, Gusto’s restaurant in the city sounded like the punchline to one of the comedy festival’s jokes.

There’s a threshold at which it becomes impossible to make money, so you have to put prices up, which drives inflation, which flies in the face of what the government say they’re trying to do,” says Snell.

NHS ‘unethical’ in recruiting nurses from short-staffed countries

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Admin

Hiring from ‘red-list’ nations risks destabilising healthcare overseas, warns Royal College of Nursing

The NHS has been accused of “unethical” behaviour after it emerged that it has been recruiting record numbers of nurses and midwives from countries which have serious staffing shortages.

Bringing in staff from “red-list” countries risked destabilising those nations’ healthcare systems and breaching government guidelines, said hospital employers and the Royal College of Nursing.

How Labour’s plan for ‘fair pay deals’ looks to solve UK social care crisis

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Admin

Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague

“My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts, often overnight. Unimaginable pressure. And the reward? A struggle every week – and I mean every week – just to make ends meet.”

So spoke Keir Starmer last month, drawing on experience close to home in his party conference speech to underline his determination to overhaul the cash-strapped social care sector.

Rishi Sunak warned of concerns over NHS private sector partnerships

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Admin

Plans to cut waiting lists in England were welcomed but critics say they do not address deeper staffing issues

Rishi Sunak has been warned his plan for more private sector partnerships with the NHS in England to cut waiting lists will amount to “reshuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic” without addressing deeper structural issues with staffing.

The recommendations of an elective recovery plan, published on Friday, were broadly welcomed by opposition parties and health experts, but said to be overdue. Critics also said they only addressed a fragment of the much wider capacity and staffing issues across the whole of the country’s health systems.

How retrofitting the UK’s old buildings can generate an extra £35bn in new money

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Admin

Heritage and property groups outline plan to boost energy efficiency at historical sites to create jobs, cut emissions and meet net-zero targets

Retrofitting the UK’s historicsl buildings, from Georgian townhouses to the mills and factories that kickstarted the Industrial Revolution, could generate £35bn of economic output a year, create jobs and play a crucial role in achieving climate targets, research has found.

Improving the energy efficiency of historical properties – those built before 1919 – could reduce carbon emissions from the UK’s buildings by 5% each year and make older homes warmer and cheaper to run, according to a report commissioned by the National Trust, Historic England and leading property organisations.

EasyJet looks to over-45s in cabin crew recruitment drive

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Admin

Airline launches campaign targeting ‘empty nesters’ or people looking for challenge later in life

Halfords targets retirees in recruitment drive for 1,000 roles

The airline easyJet has launched a recruitment drive urging people over the age of 45 to join its cabin crews, as firms devise new strategies for hiring staff in the UK amid a shortage of workers.

The airline said it has seen a 27% increase in crew aged 45 and over in the past four years, including a 30% increase in over-60s in the past year.

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Category Archives: Staff shortages

Why Home Office visa plans will be ‘nail in the coffin’ for UK hospitality

NHS ‘unethical’ in recruiting nurses from short-staffed countries

Rishi Sunak warned of concerns over NHS private sector partnerships

How retrofitting the UK’s old buildings can generate an extra £35bn in new money

EasyJet looks to over-45s in cabin crew recruitment drive