'We're so short staffed our hotel has to turn people away'
Gary Curley is working more hours, in multiple roles, to fill shortfalls in his staffing
"There are weeks when we can only open five days. We also close between 3pm and 5pm to give staff a break and get organised for dinner service.Mr Curley said this was the most difficult year he had experienced in the industry, and blamed Brexit for the biggest issues. She saw her number of staff in the cleaning business drop from 11 to just three when European staff disappeared after Brexit.She said: "We now have customers who used us weekly, now we can only see them once a month.
"This month I have had eight texts from my provider saying my daily rate is going up and my price per unit is going up."Dean Banks, who owns Haar restaurant in St Andrews, said that in 2019 about 30% to 35% of his staff were EU nationals. Now that has fallen to about 10%. "I have to work harder. I am here a lot more, doing about 100-110 hours a week because I want my business to do well, I want to keep my staff."The latest quarterly survey carried out by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce found hiring staff was a challenge, with recruitment difficulties up 10% in the last quarter.with 200 pubs in England and Wales shutting in the first half of 2022.
Scottish tourism is returning but businesses are struggling to meet demand due to rising costs and lack of staff
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