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By Amie Keeley
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Bars and restaurants are struggling to recruit enough staff and some may not be able to fully reopen in May, after thousands of workers left the sector.
Venue owners say they are expecting huge demand from customers, but staff shortages may mean they have to limit opening hours.
Figures suggest more than one in ten UK hospitality workers left the industry in the last year.
Recruitment site Caterer.com said the pandemic and Brexit were to blame.
Some have managed to find alternative employment, but a high proportion may have left the UK altogether, the recruiter said.
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British hospitality businesses are struggling to recruit new workers such as waiters and chefs as venues reopen to the public.
Hospitality outlets are set to start serving indoors from May 17, with business owners expecting a surge in demand from consumers keen to splurge the £150 billion ($209.13bn) in savings built up during the crisis when there were few opportunities to spend.
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However, business owners are finding it increasingly hard to fill the 355,000 positions lost during the pandemic ahead of the May 17 reopening – part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson s roadmap out of lockdown.
Kate Nicholls, chief executive of lobby group UK Hospitality, said the industry was unable to furlough all staff during the pandemic and companies were trying to recruit in a difficult market.
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