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Greene King pubs to employ hundreds of ex-cons to try tackle staff shortage crisis

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pub chain has vowed to put hundreds of ex-cons behind bars – to tackle its staff shortage crisis.Greene King will recruit 300 prison leavers at the brewery’s watering holes.Bosses are to set up a training kitchen at HMP Thameside in south London to teach lags how to cook pub grub.READ MORE Vintage 90s Burger King time capsule uncovered hidden behind wall of shopping mallThe scheme is part of a wider move by the Suffolk brewer to take on 5,000 apprentices by 2025 at its inns across the UK.Its CEO Nick Mackenzie said: “Pubs have always been about people, and I’ve witnessed the way a job in a pub can ­completely change a person’s life and become a lifelong ­successful career.“That’s why I’m proud that Greene King is making these commitments to provide people from all backgrounds access to meaningful, rewarding careers in their local communities.”The industry as a whole is struggling to fill about 164,000 vacant posts – the highest level since records began – says the Office for National Statistics..Meanwhile, a government ad campaign calling on struggling pubs and shops to slash prices has been dubbed “a slap in the face” by Federation of Small Business chief Martin McTague.He added: “Especially when so many have already cut all expenses to the bone.”READ NEXT: Young mum shot dead in 'execution-style' murder as she pushed pram down busy street Babysitter and cop 'sexually assaulted' 12-year-old girl and took naked photos of her Man breaks his neck after being thrown into back of police van without seatbelts Woman killed driving Uber Eats car may have 'solved her own murder' with final photo Teenage swimmers make sickening discovery in murky waters of dangerous lake.

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