Quality staff with the appropriate skills are key to the success of the Contract Catering sector, which continues to employ a rising number of Europeans. This is an industry that provides :

• jobs for mainly female workers, who often enter the industry with basic skill levels and low employability profiles
• ongoing in-company training programmes to help workers acquire and develop skills
• on-the-job experience that counts towards promotion opportunities for workers of all grades
• social working hours that help balance work and family life

Contract Catering is a labour-intensive sector in which firms are respected as being long-term employers. Any new EU labour legislation inevitably has an impact on our sector and needs to be carefully monitored.