Olympic Amount of Jobs to be Created Ahead of 2012
Thanks to London being set to host the 2012 Olympic Games, it has been predicted that thousands of jobs will be created in the capital’s hospitality sector.
The major of Hackney, Jules Pipe, commented that there had not been as many construction jobs created as was anticipated, but that the expected boom in the catering industry – as a result of longer-term hopes for the media and broadcasting facilities in the Olympic Park – would go some way to compensate.
With reference to a potential media centre, Pipe explained that this might become a new hub for many Hackney-based small firms in the creative industries, such as Hollywood post-production studios, advertisers and printers, which will have a knock-on effect in terms of the demand on local bars, coffee shops and restaurants.
Whether related to the 2010 Games or otherwise, London has seen a surge in the amount of recent visitors to the capital, with May alone seeing a 1.2% rise in tourists, according to statistics published by Visit London and the hospitality sector is already starting to experience a boom in trade.
Meanwhile in other hospitality industry news, the 1.1% growth of the UK economy during the second quarter of the year, which was well above expectations, is already proving encouraging for employment levels, particularly within the hospitality trade, as the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has claimed.
And having stalled during the financial crisis, construction work on the multi-million pound shopping development in Leeds is now back in momentum and set to include numerous restaurants.











