All week, the Stray Ferret has been reporting on the reasons behind the jobs crisis facing hospitality venues in Harrogate — from low pay, to high housing costs and Brexit.

Harrogate BID recently organised a meeting with Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce, HBC, Harrogate College, and figures in the town’s hospitality industry to discuss how to encourage more people to look at hospitality as a real career option.

Danny Wild, principal of Harrogate College, told the Stray Ferret that employers struggling to find staff should contact the college who will ask current students if they are interested in a role.

It also says the college offers courses that develop the skills of hospitality staff so they can view their job as a long-term career.

He said:

Read our series on the jobs crisis: 

• “I couldn’t do it for life” – the jobs crisis in Harrogate’s hospitality venues


• Are Harrogate’s high housing costs to blame for the hospitality recruitment crisis?


• Is Brexit to blame for Harrogate’s hospitality jobs crisis?


• Hospitality jobs crisis: ‘We need to offer more than just money’