It has been warned that lives could be at risk as UK nightclubs struggle to find bouncers amid staff shortages.
Bosses at the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) and UK Door Security Association said that 75% of members surveyed – including nightclubs, bars and pubs – felt that security staff shortages were impacting on their ability to protect the public. Meanwhile, around 60% of businesses felt this was impacting on public confidence to go on nights out.
WalesOnline reports that the trade groups believe it essential that the government intervenes to help resolve the crisis. Michael Kill, chief executive officer of the NTIA, said: “We are simply running out of time. The sector has been raising the alarm about security resource concerns for the last few years and we are only now slowly starting to engage with the Government on this crisis.
