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RedefineBDL Hotels (RBH) has outlined its plan to “keep calm and carry on attracting and developing the best talent” during the Brexit negotiations.
With fears regarding the hospitality industry’s heavy reliance on an EU workforce, the hotel group aims to prioritise attracting homegrown talent to keep the sector going.
Of RBH’s total UK workforce, 27% are EU nationals, but the figure rises to around 40% in London – a trend consistent with the UK average within the hotel industry.
Susan Bland, chief human resources officer of RBH, said: “HEG is working closely with the British Hospitality Association (BHA) as it develops its Brexit strategy.
“It’s a strategy that is required regardless of the current political and economic climate – it just becomes more time-bound if we see the European employee pipeline dry up as a result of uncertainty or fear caused by ongoing Brexit negotiations.”
She added: “So far, a number of our European team members have been sitting tight and waiting to see what happens as negotiations take place, but staff retention has been impacted to a certain extent following the EU referendum.”
