UK hospitality firms offer 100,000 jobs to young people out of work

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 03:32 · Archive

Hospitality firms including Nando's and Fuller's will create up to 100,000 job placements for unemployed young people over three years.

Hospitality businesses including restaurant chains Nando's, Wagamama and Burger King, hotel chain Premier Inn and pub chains Fuller's and Mitchells & Butlers have committed to offering 100,000 job placements to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) aged 18 to 24 over the next three years.

Working with the Department for Work and Pensions, these placements will last up to four weeks and aim to give young people 'the skills and confidence needed to take their first step into work'. Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden said the scheme would help young people 'get their first step on the ladder' and build their careers.

The initiative will be launched by Andy Burnham during a visit to a hospitality venue. It follows a similar scheme for retailers including Marks & Spencer, Asda and the John Lewis Partnership announced last month.

The move comes before publication of a report by former health secretary Alan Milburn, who has warned that the number of young people not in work or education in the UK could rise to 1.25 million over the next five years unless ministers intervene.

How it is being reported

• Hospitality companies to create 100,000 new roles for NEETsThe UK's leading hospitality businesses have committed to hiring 100,000 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), it has been announced.Sky News · 15 Oct, 02:01
• UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of workRestaurants and pubs such as Nando’s and Fuller’s will create placements for 18- to 24-year-olds under DWP-backed scheme Bars, clubs and restaurants will offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years in an effort to give them a first step on the ladder into work. The move comes before the publication of a report on Neets by the former health secretary Alan Milburn, who has warned that the number of young people not in work or education in the UK could rise to 1.25 million over the next five years unless ministers intervene.…The Guardian · 14 Oct, 22:30

In this story: Nando's · Fuller's · Wagamama · Premier Inn · Department for Work and Pensions · Pat McFadden · Andy Burnham · Alan Milburn

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