UK hospitality industry - Where to move?

aggypanthus

That's exactly my aim from the initial posting: Find the perfect value place. Of course I'm heavily subsidising the job of my wife. So I'm looking to minimize financial damage to myself while accepting that her job will probably never be meaningful to the family income. Live- in jobs are no option, I'm definitely buying

sorry, cant do the quote thing, but what you wrote sounds incredibly patronising and pompous!! also the way you said that you put her through 4 yrs of college!! Are you the big man of the house, and she is the little wife?

Hippipal

Glasgow is a great place to live. The city is quite small and very friendly, the train only takes about 4 hours to London and planes take just over an hour. The city centre is full of hotels and restaurants that seem to be busy every evening. OK it isn't as warm as the south of England, and it does rain a bit, but we have had a lovely summer.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Kicker wrote: »

I'm a German national, moving to the UK with my wife who'll be coming straight out of college then. She studied hotel and restaurant management, while it's likely that opportunities won't come along easily and it will be a tough way up for her from near NMW jobs at the start of her career. Bless her soul, she's got a great, energetic and so kind personality. Thus I see her best chances in direct end customer contact in the hospitality industry. The management part will probably never work if I'm realistically grading her skill set. (= higher avg. regional salaries likely won't contribute much to family income).

Somewhere like Inverness or Aberdeen she can probably walk straight into junior hotel/restaurant manager jobs as they're always busy and desperate for staff, I see entry level management jobs advertised all the time. Inverness with tourism and Aberdeen with Oil industry.

Kicker wrote: »

That's exactly my aim from the initial posting: Find the perfect value place. Of course I'm heavily subsidising the job of my wife. So I'm looking to minimize financial damage to myself while accepting that her job will probably never be meaningful to the family income.

You underestimate the earning potential in the industry.

I have family in hospitality management so know the payscales well.

Pub chain (wetherspoons, mitchells and butlers, green king, etc) trainee managers, 15-18K per year, assistant managers 18-24K per year, deputy managers 24K to 30K per year, general managers 30K to 45 K per year.

Restaurant chain (TGI Fridays, Franky and Bennys, etc) trainee FOH manager 20K to 24K, assistant (kitchen or restaurant) manager 24K to 28K, deputy manager 30K to 35K, General Manager 40K to 50K

Hotel chains 2 to 3 star, department (junior, entry level) manager (front desk, housekeeping, F&B) 16K to 23K per year, operations manager 25K to 35K per year, General Manager 35K to 50K per year. Add 5K for 4 star, and a hell of a lot more for 5 star if you're very good.

All plus bonuses and perks.

Then for area, regional, etc, managers, achievable after perhaps 10 years of working their way up through management if they're any good, the range is 45K to 80K per year.

Almost anyone with a hospitality degree can walk into a junior management role, work their ar5e off for a few years, and if they're any good be earning 30K within 3-4 years, and 40K within 6-7 years.

In terms of good balance between value living and employment opportunities, I'd recommend Edinburgh, Aberdeen, or Inverness in Scotland. All areas with thriving hospitality scenes and very affordable accommodation within a 15 to 30 min drive of the major hospitality employers.

paddyrg

Butlins! And other holiday parks!

Away from the cities, cheap rent or live onsite for next to nothing. Plenty of (and wide range of) hospitality jobs bars, catering, desk, sales, entertainment, site, housekeeping, etc. Great training opportunities, great career paths.