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UKHospitality and the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) have launched a scheme to promote jobs in hospitality, after facing significant shortages in staff. UKHospitality, the trade association for the hospitality sector, has announced it will be running sessions in partnership with the Jobcentre Plus work coaches in every region of England, as well as across Scotland and Wales this month in order to promote the opportunities within the sector. This comes after a recent survey by Hospitality found that four in five (80 per cent) businesses within the sector reported vacancies for front-of-house roles, such as waiting and bar staff. An even higher number (85 per cent) stated they are in need of chefs. Nearly half have housekeeping vacancies and 43 per cent are looking for assistant or general managers. The survey suggested a current vacancy rate across the sector of 9 per cent – which implies a shortage of 188,000 workers. This has been largely attributed to the impact of Brexit which has caused the number of skilled EU workers employed in the UK to fall substantially. Recently, Tim Martin, Founder and Chairman of Wetherspoons, urged the UK Government to set up a “liberal” visa scheme for EU