“APPRENTICESHIPS ARE NOT JUST GOOD FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE BRING IN, BUT GOOD FOR THE HEALTH AND FITNESS OF OUR BUSINESS”

In Catch22’s guest blog for National Apprenticeships Week 2021, restaurant founder Iqbal Wahhab discusses how the recovery of the hospitality sector in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic opens up new opportunities for businesses to reduce local unemployment levels, bridge skills gaps through apprenticeships, and put people at the centre of their work.

One day soon, the hospitality sector will dust itself down and do what we love doing – making magic happen; seeking to delight our customers with friendly service, their favourite dishes and providing a place to enjoy life with people you like to be with.

This time around though, things are obviously going to be different. COVID-19 closures have left many of our overseas employees to return to their countries of origin and Brexit too will turn the flow down on our talent pipeline. Hospitality operators have in the past, cynically, thrived on the sources of, let’s face it, cheap labour which came with the added bonus of a strong work ethic.

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