london business boom paul murphy recruitment agency northwest england clients roll job restaurants bar hotels ever find workers fill become tricky britain vote leave eu complicate life murphy steady stream continental europeans years take hundreds thousands position hospitality business industries start dry definitely get bad lead time fill chef vacancy moment ... could anything two six months say murphy whose knight benton recruitment agency base small town cleator moor contrast find chef last year would take two months tell reuters citizens remain european union state italians spanish pole romanians face lose automatic right live britain leave bloc march 2019. murphy believe government must produce alternative immigration regime ensure employers get workers need without proper plan place could crash economy say hospitality sector like farm construction rely heavily europeans particularly people poor ex-communist state begin join eu 2003. citizens eu countries could make much quarter million workers hospitality accord kpmg report base survey british hospitality association bha members include 75 percent wait staff 37 percent housekeepers 25 percent chefs last june referendum affect supply labor demand european workers start leave britain second thoughts come first place worry uncertain status brexit top pound fall 15 percent euro 21 percent polish zloty since referendum mean europeans sterling pay stretch nearly far send money home encourage seek work elsewhere murphy clients need staff cleator moor lie edge lake district national park top tourist draw weak pound encourage many britons holiday home attract grow number foreign visitors place like lake district need feed accommodate small firm particularly affect pay agencies recruit roles use fill easily raise salaries offer part-time hours national level big brand like pret manger sandwich chain pizza restaurant group franco manca warn impact businesses hospitality alone account around 4.3 percent british economy bha estimate problem wide numerous recruitment sentiment survey suggest firm across economy struggle fill vacancies prime minister theresa may government balance concern many britons say vote brexit primarily clamp migration eu government want keep right irish citizens work britain arrangement long pre-dates eu leak document last week show consider restrict migration eu state high skilled workers government say would set proposals late year employers fear hard line make matter bad already raise salaries fast pace two years august fall eu migration aggravate labor shortage accord survey recruitment employment confederation hospitality need recruit 200,000 people every year make natural staff turnover power growth accord bha without new eu migration increase applications britons estimate industry could face shortfall 60,000 job every year since 2003 number people bear eu state live britain jump 1.26 million 3.68 million 2017 accord oxford university migration observatory eastern europeans account almost increase trend slow sharply 12 months march net migration countries 246,000 81,000 previous year official data show half drop due eu citizens leave few arrive since brexit vote big fall among citizens eight eastern european countries up-market fast food chain leon run 52 restaurants mostly london southeast england feel consequences see year particularly last quarter significant drop applications eu nationals say marco reick firm people director staff eu state make around 60 percent leon 1,000-strong workforce firm respond split full-time roles part-time position expensive initially make attractive british candidates tend want casual work indian fine-dining restaurant group mw eat say job applications eu nationals around 80 percent since referendum increase wag excess 10 percent say chairman ranjit mathrani even group take less qualify candidates raise train cost result increase menu price find british replacements easy mathrani say mw eat would prefer hire locally-born workers many see hospitality unattractive career choice top unemployment low decades 1.46 million people 4.3 percent workforce three months july peter gowers chief executive travelodge budget hotel group say simply enough available britons even hotel industry recruit virtually every person unemployment register enough people fill roles need 10 years follow brexit tell mail sunday newspaper gowers call government consider guest worker program avoid price rise investment cut large firm say avoid impact far one gordon ramsay group operate restaurants name one britain outspoken celebrity chefs ceo stuart gillies say two thirds workforce eu state firm bring forward step retain staff include offer flexible shift government ambition cut annual net migration tens thousands employers prospect fall migration unsettle really make uncomfortable struggle say reick eu workers drift britain restaurateurs need