The Inn Collection Group re-openings set to create 1,000 jobs

A leading UK hospitality operator is embarking on an expansion of its head count in 2023, as the re-opening of 12 prime sites triggers a recruitment drive that will create almost 1,000 additional jobs across its estate.

Already employing 900 people across its network of pub with rooms properties, filling the resultant positions created by these re-openings will see company that was named best pub employer at the 2019 and 2020 Publican Awards grow its headcount to almost 2,000 people.

Offering good news across the jobs market in the north of England, some of the positions will be to assemble a team at Harrogate’s Hotel St George, where the company had recently been forced to announce redundancies.

Beginning in earnest as landmark sites in the Lake District and North Yorkshire gear up for a spring reopening, applications are currently being invited for wide range of roles including general and assistant managers, head chefs and front of house opportunities.

Speaking on the recruitment of new members of The Inn Collection Group team, people director Liz Robertson said: “It is an exciting time for The Inn Collection Group with so many sites coming back from refurbishment and recruiting their re-opening teams. It is a real source of pride that we are looking to expand our people base and that we can offer rewarding positions in great locations with a fantastic company.

“The return to trading of the sites under refurbishment is the growth focus for us this year and our new colleagues are going to play a key role, alongside our already valued colleagues, in delivering our goals.”

The growth of the company and ongoing recruitment is a refreshing tonic in the face of continued pressures in the wider economy, with The Inn Collection Group’s eager to position the hospitality industry as one in which people can forge a rewarding career.

That opportunity is demonstrated non more clearly than with the group’s managing director Sean Donkin, who is one of many examples who started in front line positions before advancing through the company.

Starting out as general manager at The Bamburgh Castle Inn in 2008, he worked his way through to operations director before taking on the managing directorship in 2018 and boasts more than 20 years’ experience in the trade.

Commenting on the recruitment drive, Donkin said: “Making the hospitality industry one in which people can see themselves long-term and where they can build a career is incredibly important not just to the company, but to me personally as well.

“We have significantly strengthened our head office people support team in the last 12 months and have invested in several support structures too, demonstrating our commitment to our teams and determination to offer high-quality jobs.”

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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