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The hospitality industry is experiencing its toughest times in a century, according to Andy Sparsis, who runs restaurants in Worthing and Littlehampton.

He told the Herald and Gazette if drastic changes were not made now, ‘it is quite likely that tourism in the UK will be seriously affected by the lack of open hospitality businesses’.

Part of the problem was Brexit and the loss of the Eastern European workforce, he added, and the industry itself not being particularly attractive.

“To keep the hospitality sector successfully, fully employed, the biggest changes must come from the sector itself,” said Mr Sparsis, who owns The Fish Factory in Worthing and Littlehampton, and The Fat Greek Taverna in Worthing.

Andy Sparsis owns The Fish Factory in Worthing and Littlehampton – and The Fat Greek Taverna in Worthing. Photo by Derek Martin

Hospitality industry facing unprecedented challenges, says Worthing and Littlehampton restaurateur