（2017年6月7日，/HRoot.com/）根據國際獵頭公司海德思哲的報告，英國一半以上的酒店和休閒行業的領導者表示人才是最大的長期挑戰。
該報告與英國酒店協會合作完成，報告表明英國10%的行業領導者認為其商業信心遠遠不如前幾年。
與此同時，英國旅遊協會和專業服務公司畢馬威的一份報告顯示，到2029年，該行業的企業預計將有超過100萬個工作崗位的招聘缺口。這意味著在每年持續招聘20萬勞動力之外，這個行業還需招聘6萬名英國勞動力才能滿足增長的需求。該報告指出，在不僱用移民員工的情況下，填補這些崗位空缺是不可能的。
英國公司依靠歐洲的員工，一半的首席執行官表示他們的勞動力數量是歐洲企業的25%-50%，超過三分之一的企業要僱用歐盟員工來補充其50%-75%的勞動力。
英國酒店協會表示，酒店業和休閒業是英國第四大僱主，全國範圍的就業人數超過18萬人。
Heidrick and Struggles：Hospitality industry warns of long-term talent challenges and labour costs
(Jun 7, 2017, /staffingindustry.com/)More than half of hospitality and leisure sector leaders are concerned about the state of the economy with talent said to be the biggest long-term challenge, according to report from international executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles.
The report , published in partnership with the British Hospitality Association, also showed that 10% of industry leaders think that business confidence is much worse now compared to previous years.
Meanwhile, businesses in the sector are anticipating a recruitment gap of over a million jobs by 2029, according to a report by the British Hospitality Association and professional services company KPMG. This would mean the industry would need to recruit 60,000 UK workers in addition to sustained recruitment of 200,000 more per annum to meet the demands of growth. The report states that filling these openings would likely be impossible without hiring migrant workers.
Firms are reliant on European workers, with half of CEOs reporting their workforce as 25-50% European, with more than a third of those businesses hiring EU citizens to fill 50-75% of their workforce.
The British Hospitality Association states that hospitality and leisure industry is the fourth-largest employer in the UK, with 4.5 million people working in more than 180,000 businesses across the country.