The Pub Employment Report launch date nears

Insights from the survey have been used in compiling The Pub Employment Report, which will be released in one week.

The Pub Employment Report is a guide for pubs, bars and pretty much all on-trade venues to help them when it comes to tackling the issues of staffing, training, recruitment and retention of employees.

We look at the variety of roles that must be filled when staffing a pub and what wage each role commands, thanks for data from an exclusive survey carried out by The Morning Advertiser.

Insight from the survey has unearthed some interesting facts such as more than 80% of pub bosses say they have been forced to reduce the number of people they had planned to recruit due to rises in minimum/living wages hikes.

Brexit challenges

Meanwhile, only 17% of respondents are involved in apprenticeship schemes, which could be something hospitality sites could take real advantage of.

There are also sections in The Pub Employment Report on recruitment, how to improve your training and the use of technology in the pub sphere.

Further information in The Morning Advertiser survey shows since Brexit, only 12% of hospitality businesses have recruited staff from Europe while almost all have chosen local staff from the UK (98%). Employees from Asia (6%), Africa (5%), Americas (2.5%) and Australasia (2.5%) have also been taken on by the sector.

And plenty of staff members have been taken on from specific backgrounds – with students being the leading lights, accounting for 68% of businesses’ choice. People aged over 60 have been employed by 14% of venues while a little over 3% have been employed while on a rehabilitation/support programme. However, 31% of companies have not exercised any of these three options.

Free meals and discounts

Retention is key for pubcos so benefits are necessary to keep employees in their roles. The top two being free meals and discounts, which are tactics used by 58% and 52% of sector chiefs respectively.

Financial incentives are used by 26% of firms while healthcare and gym membership schemes are used by a paltry 2.5% and 1% respectively.

Some 28% profess to using other benefits and these include accommodation, support & training, staff taxis, flexible working hours and awards nights to name a few.

The Pub Employment Report is essential reading for anyone looking to recruit staff, train them competently and make sure they can keep them too.

It is due to go live in the week beginning Monday 17 March – don’t miss it.