{"id":60417,"date":"2021-11-30T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=60417"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:22:45","slug":"hospitality-staffing-crisis-leads-to-local-business-closures-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2021\/11\/30\/hospitality-staffing-crisis-leads-to-local-business-closures-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality staffing crisis causes temporary closure for local business before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff shortages have led the owner of a Cardiff cafe to reduce opening hours only months after opening\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" 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before the pandemic the hospitality sector employed over 124,000 people in Wales, making it the third largest sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stint.co\">Stint<\/a>, an employment app for students, predicts the number of job vacancies in the UK hospitality industry will rise from 88,000 in 2019 to 163,000 this December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Alana argues Brexit has also played a part in the staffing crisis, as it led to 90,000 European Union workers leaving the UK\u2019s hospitality sector a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecaterer.com\/news\/more-than-92000-european-union-eu-workers-estimated-left-uk-hospitality-sector\">Caterer.com<\/a> found.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Wakley, a former bar manager from Cathays, feels there has been a decrease in hospitality staff since the pandemic as lockdown allowed people to think about what career they wanted to pursue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles has worked in the food and drink industry for over 10 years but has recently decided to pursue a career in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Charles is one of many who have left hospitality, adding to the staffing crisis to pursue a career in education\" class=\"wp-image-60422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-770x385.jpg 770w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-1500x750.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/BlathnaidChennell_Business_Alana2-1400x700.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> Charles will no longer have to watch others sip his martinis but instead make cocktails for himself at home (Image credit: Rob Bishop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was particularly eager to avoid working another festive season this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>With office parties, Boxing Day and New Year&#8217;s Eve, it ends up being a time you dread<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChristmas is a stressful time 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With office parties, Boxing Day and New Year\u2019s Eve, it ends up being a time you dread,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ridiculously Rich is not the only business in Cardiff to close due to lack of employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/18\/continental-christmas-food-wows-cardiff-customers\/\">Wally\u2019s<\/a> delicatessen announced it too would close for the rest of the year due to staff shortages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To apply for a job at Ridiculously Rich email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cv@ridiculouslyrichbyalana.co.uk\">cv@ridiculouslyrichbyalana.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Welsh-hospitality-industry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60426\" 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