Michelin-star restaurant stops serving lunch due to lack of staff

[DrNuke]

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57555608

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>He said before the pandemic, just three out of his 30-strong workforce were British. His restaurant currently has 12 staff.

>He said some workers who were furloughed during lockdown had moved back to their home nations and decided not to come back to the UK.

>According to UK Hospitality, 1.3m foreign workers left the UK during the pandemic.

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Couldn't this be more related to Brexit than the pandemic?

> Itsu boss Julian Metcalfe said the food chain's "young European chefs" had "now sadly all disappeared" because "they are not allowed in".

> Mr Metcalfe said there were many reasons for staff shortages, but that Brexit posed a "long term" issue.