![]() ![]() "I didn't get one from the UK." Potential staff from the EU are put off by the prospect of tougher immigration rules and a weaker pound reducing the amount of money they can send home in euros. "Last year I advertised for a chef de partie in a specialist French hospitality newspaper and I got 50 resumes in a few days," Moine said, in an elegant hotel lounge overlooking the River Ness. With Brexit looming, the Victorian hotel's manager, Frenchman Emmanuel Moine, is struggling to recruit. Unemployment in Inverness stands at 3 percent compared with 4.2 percent in Britain as a whole. But local cleaning and cooking staff for the 75-room Glen Mhor are proving hard to find. EU migrants account for half the hospitality workforce in the city of Inverness, a hub for the Highlands tourist region popular with golfing Americans and whisky-sipping Europeans. ![]() It is also one reason behind a new drive for Scottish independence from Britain. ![]() Migration is a major source of irritation between London and Edinburgh. While Prime Minister Theresa May battles to win support for her plans to leave the EU, a shortage of migrant workers from the bloc is already threatening Scotland's economy and upsetting its politics. By Elisabeth O'Leary INVERNESS, Scotland (Reuters) - Glen Mhor Hotel, a picturesque base for tourists hunting Scotland's Loch Ness monster, is struggling to find staff for the summer season as workers from the European Union snub Brexit Britain. ![]()
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