Key Facts

• Bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels, and pubs will offer up to 100,000 jobs or training placements over the next three years.
• The program targets young people aged 18 to 24 who are not in employment, education, or training (called Neets).
• The placements last up to four weeks and help build work skills and confidence.
• The initiative follows a recent report warning youth unemployment in the UK could reach 1.25 million in five years without government action.
• Hospitality chains involved include Wagamama, Nando’s, Burger King, Premier Inn, Fuller’s, and Mitchells & Butlers.
• The government is also reviewing school exclusion rules, as missing school increases the risk of young people becoming Neets.
• The Department for Work and Pensions has a similar scheme with retail companies like Marks & Spencer and John Lewis.
• There are wider government discussions about changing the welfare system to support more young people into work.