The hospitality sector could be losing up to £37m per year because it is failing to recover uniforms and equipment from staff when they leave their jobs, says workwear specialist Alexandra.
As hospitality is an industry that employs large numbers of temporary staff and has higher turnover rates than others, it is particularly vulnerable in this area, so profits could be better protected by checking what uniforms are going out and then coming back in again, suggests Alexandra managing director Martin Lyne.
“Identifying all areas of potential loss is essential to understanding where companies need to make cuts,” he said. “Unfortunately, among the many costs and difficult decisions facing businesses at the moment, workwear losses have seemed unimportant, either due to lack of awareness of the value involved, or because it is a burden upon time and resources.”
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The figure has been calculated using the average workwear cost per person within the industry compared with the latest figures on total sector employment from the ONS and total sector turnover from the CIPD.
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