ALMR announces major initiatives to boost jobs in post-Brexit climate

The company announced yesterday (Thursday 15 December) it will release an online tool — ALMR People Search — to help business monitor potential employees’ rights to work in the UK as post-Brexit negotiations continue.

The diploma will also deliver apprenticeships and career development to employees by incorporating existing work-based qualifications and in-house training into a single learning platform.

‘Successful lobbying’​

Speaking at the ALMR Christmas lunch this afternoon chief executive Kate Nicholls spoke about the company’s “successful lobbying” and membership growth across the sector during an “uncertain” year.

She said: “The ALMR has been working for a Brexit deal that best serves our sector and our members, putting food and drink front and centre of a new industrial strategy.”

Nicholls added: “It’s been a turbulent year, we have had to navigate an unexpected and challenging landscape, a time when it has never been more important to speak with one clear, loud, united voice.”

‘Creates jobs like no other’ ​

ALMR chairman Steve Richards said: “We are unashamedly a political trade body, lobbying on your behalf and reminding the Government that the hospitality sector creates jobs like no other and employs and trains millions of young people.”

Richards claimed membership grew by 22% this year and currently incorporates a total of 245 hospitality companies.

He added: “With two in five members being food led, one in five late-night and with 7,500 restaurants, we truly are the voice of out-of-home hospitality.”

The ALMR Christmas lunch was held at Old Billingsgate in the City of London where 1,400 guests attended the event.