UK Hospitality
We are the voice of hospitality
We are the trade body for hospitality in the UK. We lobby government, champion the hospitality sector and provide expert advice and guidance.
Apprenticeships, skills and training
Developing our own skills and talent
Hospitality is all about people and the people that work in venues all across the country are absolutely critical in delivering great experiences for our customers. With the ability to go from bar to board in a matter of years, hospitality offers fantastic career opportunities and maximising that offering is critical.
Attracting people into our sector is key, whether that’s through apprenticeships, college courses or a career change later in life. We’re working hard to ensure the routes into the sector are clear and effective to create the hospitality workforce of the future.
Did you know?
- In the past six years, hospitality has increased its annual economic contribution by £20 billion to £93 billion.
- Since 2016, employment in the sector has risen to 3.5 million, making hospitality the third largest employer in the country.
- Hospitality contributed £54 billion in tax receipts to the Treasury last year.
- The sector generated £20 billion worth of exports in 2022.
- Hospitality attracted £7 billion worth of business investment last year.
Working with Government to showcase hospitality careers
Our work in partnership with the Department for Education secured new advertising for apprenticeships in hospitality – a crucial platform to showcase the fantastic careers available.
Apprenticeships in both hospitality and catering are showcased as part of the Government’s Career Starter Apprenticeships campaign, one of its flagship recruitment campaigns promoted to schools and colleges across the country.
Vacancies at the end of 2022
Vacancies at the end of 2023
Total reduction in vacancies
Campaigning for action to solve worker shortages
Our people are absolutely essential to the success of hospitality businesses. After all, we’re a people first sector. Unfortunately, the entire sector has been struggling with worker shortages for far too long. There remains significant shortages across hospitality with vacancies still much higher than pre-pandemic levels.
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