ufi ibrahim, chief executive of the british hospitality association, joins us now.ther astonished at this, i read a report that 75% of waiters and waitresses, certainly in london, from the eu?! yes, actually the figures show some very important figures show some very important figure is notjust figures show some very important figure is not just for figures show some very important figure is notjust for london and urban environments in the uk but across the country. the dependence of our industry on eu workers and the contribution they have made a very significant. where are the english workers, the british workers? is it the type of work that they don't want to do? lots of people, especially young, are out of work but not choosing to go into that sector? we have record levels of low unemployment in the uk at the competition for what is becoming a scarce resource is intense. as we go forward as an industry we have said publicly that we will up industry we have said publicly that we willup ourgame, industry we have said publicly that we will up our game, rump of all

ufi ibrahim is the chief executive of british hospitality association the figures show some very importants the country. so the dependence of our industry on eu workers and the contribution they've made is very significant. we have record levels of low unemployment in the united kingdom, and the competition for what's becoming a scarce resource is intense. as we go forward, we as an industry have said today publicly that we are going to up our game. we're going to ramp up all existing efforts. and one thing that we have to do in the united kingdom is to actually tackle the perception of careers in our industry, which isn't necessarily the same as it is in france, switzerland, austria or germany, where hospitality careers are actually seen as a career of choice. we're going to have to focus particularly on the next generation. so we're talking about going to 11—year—olds, for example. back to schools, children. you know, what we want is when asked, a child to say as many times as a child would say, "i want to be a doctor or a fireman or a teacher when i grow up", we want a child to say, "i

ufi ibrahim, chief executive, british hospitality association.ondon and urban environments in the uk but across the country, the dependence of our industry on the eu workers and the contribution they have made is very significant. we have record level of low unemployment in the united kingdom, the competition for what is becoming a scarce resource is becoming intense, as we go forward as an industry we have said today publicly that we will up our game, we will ramp up all existing efforts, one thing we need to do in the united kingdom is tackle the perception of careers in this industry, which is not the same as it is in france, switzerland or germany, hospitality careers are seen as a career of germany, hospitality careers are seen as a career of choice there. we will have the focus particularly on the next generation, talking about going to 11—year—olds, back to school, children. what we want is when asked, as many times as a child would say they want to be a teacher, afireman, a would say they want to be a teacher, a fireman, a doctor, we want