A 'high wage and high skill' economy is simply not sustainable for the hospitality industry

telegraph.co.uk:

Fox in Corscombe. Things were very slow there for a few days, with people nervous of wasting precious petrol in their tanks to drive several miles for a drink or dinner when they had more urgent uses for it, such as getting to work the next day.And then there is the continuing shortage of staff in hospitality.

I am not exactly comforted to hear Government ministers saying this is a pain we have to bear for a while as the economy readjusts.

After all my industry has been through in the past 18 months, something more proactive from our leaders would be more welcome.

All this talk of a high-wage, high-skill economy seems to beg the question of how I can make a profit without passing on higher staff costs to customers and risking driving them.