Hospitality businesses around the world are struggling to find staff to fill their available roles. The UK is no different in many respects, however the impacts of Brexit have compounded these issues, making them worse.The reduced need for staff members through a large part of the pandemic has meant that the true extent of issue are suppressed. However, as the number of restrictions reduce, it is expected that the need for staff numbers will increase but they simply won’t be there for the industry to cope.Today, I chat to Mark McCulloch, founder of Suoersonic Inc and the brainchild behind Hospitality Rising, a campaign aimed at attracting large numbers of people back to the hospitality workforce.Mark is one of the best dancing and marketing minds in the world when it comes to the hospitality sector and he has managed to enlist some real big hitters from the branding, marketing and advertising works.  Today, we chat about;

How a perfect storm has combined to create a significant labour shortage for hospitality industry.

How you can set a foundation for retaining the staff you still have.

How you can get involved with one of the biggest recruitment campaigns our industry has ever seen.

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