Nightlife bosses warn that bouncer shortage is a “threat to public safety”
pandemic, Brexit and a lack of EU workers.One in five nightlife businesses are believed to have closed or cut hours because they can’t get security staff, the BBC reports.The UK government has said that it’s helping people “retrain, build new skills and get back into work to help fill vacancies” but the NTIA has called on it to do even more by “funding training initiatives, streamlining new training requirements, or tackling shortages through legislation”.The NTIA added that the government should introduce temporary visas for EU workers to fill empty roles.Michael Kill, CEO of NTIA, told the BBC: “Door security staff shortages in the nighttime economy are becoming critical.