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First Dedicated Pub & Bar Job-Board Launches in UK

New job-board, barzone.co.uk, makes its UK debut as the first bespoke pub and bar industry job-board, launched by the BII, the professional body for the licensed retail sector

New job-board, barzone.co.uk, makes its UK debut as the first bespoke pub and bar industry job-board, launched by the BII, the professional body for the licensed retail sector. Barzone.co.uk is being launched at the BII stand at The Pub & Bar Show in Earls Court on April 11th, featuring over 1,000 jobs nation-wide.

The pub and bar industry is showing enormous growth, and with opening hours extending to 24 hours and the World Cup looming, there are huge job opportunities in this sector. Jobs range from hop pickers and brewers, who actually make and test beer, to pub and bar staff, chefs, regional managers and delivery drivers. One of the UKís largest pub companies, J D Wetherspoons, were the first to sign their 650 group of pubs to the site, and other big industry names are set to follow soon.

Pub & Bar IndustryÖ.. Jobs Worth Seeking
Job seekers may be surprised to know that positions in the bar industry can be extremely well paid, as well as providing a solid career with good growth opportunities. Salaries can range from 6 an hour for bar staff, around 35K for top cocktail barmen to 70K for bar managers in leading pub chains.

BII is the professional body for the licensed retail sector with over 17,500 members and its wholly owned awarding body, BIIAB, processed over 190,000 qualifications last year. John McNamara, BII Chief Executive comments, ìA dedicated recruitment site for the pub and bar industry is long overdue. It will provide enormous value to our members. There are such exciting and promising career opportunities in this industry and barzone.co.uk is the perfect showcase for these.î

Marc Moreso, manager of barzone.co.uk says, ìWe are enormously excited about barzone.co.uk. It has tapped into a relatively untouched market, which is starving for staffing solutions. Our hope is to make job seekers consider the idea of a career in this social industry. There are exciting opportunities that many people wouldnít even have considered and jobs which are much more exciting than the average desk job.î