Pret A Manger flags staffing concerns post-Brexit, cites ‘lack' of British applicants
The sandwich chain says one in 50 applicants are British.
Pret A Manger revealed that one in 50 of its applicants are British, whilst 65% of its workforce comes from countries other than Britain.
This came in the House of Lords economic affairs committee hearing where the chain’s director of human resources Andrea Wareham said that they find it “almost impossible to find enough staff if it were forced to turn away EU nationals” following Brexit.
“If I had to fill all our vacancies with British-only people I would not be able to fill them because of the lack of applications,” Wareham said. Pret A Mangersays it employs 110 different nationalities.
“We are entirely accepting that the number of EU nationals will go down over time. We would love to increase the number of British nationals and we are excited about this,” she added.
