Birmingham is home to the largest exhibition centre in the country, and a Christmas market to match. We supply stand hosts, bar, waiting, kitchen and event crew on one published national rate, and we tell you honestly at booking what we can fill.
The big exhibition centre by the airport runs trade and consumer shows almost every week of the year, many of them over several days, with stands, bars and restaurants that all need people for the build, the show and the break. In the city centre, the conference centre and arena around Broad Street host conferences, awards dinners and concerts, and Brindleyplace, the Mailbox, the Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth carry the restaurant, bar and warehouse event trade.
Sport adds matchday hospitality at two big football grounds and at the county cricket ground at Edgbaston, where international matches and summer finals days fill every box. From mid-November the German Christmas market, one of the largest in the country, takes over the streets between New Street and Victoria Square.
Salt Social People is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, around three and a half hours from Birmingham. We are recruiting a Midlands team on the same terms as everywhere else, but we would rather be straight with you: today, larger Birmingham bookings are likely to include people from our travelling core team, with travel and hotel shown at cost on their own lines. Multi-day exhibition work suits that model well. At booking we confirm within two hours who is coming, where from, and what it adds to the quote.
Birmingham and the West Midlands are charged at the national rate. There is no regional uplift. Travel, and a hotel for multi-day work where needed, is at cost and shown as its own line on the quote.
| Tier | We pay them | You pay us |
|---|---|---|
| CoreBar staff, waiting, runners, kitchen porters, event crew, stewards, cloakroom, admissions | £14.00 + 12.07% holiday | £25.00 |
| SkilledCocktail bartenders, baristas, fine-dining and box waiters, hosts, brand ambassadors, team leaders | £16.50 + holiday | £28.00 |
| LeadSupervisors, event managers, chefs de partie | £20.00 + holiday | £34.00 |
| Senior chefSous chefs, head chefs | £24.00 + holiday | £40.00 |
Every client booking carries the same five guarantees, written into our terms of business.
Written, itemised, ex VAT, 8am to 8pm every day. Three hours outside that.
Your account manager's mobile is on the booking confirmation, answered on any day we have people working.
Anyone not right? Tell us in the first hour. No charge for them and a replacement on the way.
New clients get one person for one four-hour shift free on their first booking. See what you are buying.
Names confirmed within two hours of booking. If we cannot fill a position we say so at booking, never on the day.
We are building a Midlands team, and we are honest that it is still small. For larger jobs we add people from our travelling core team, with travel and hotel at cost. We tell you within two hours of booking exactly who is coming and from where.
Yes. That is where a travelling team works best: the same people all week, briefed once on the stand and the product. Accommodation is booked by us and shown at cost, with meals at £20 per person per day.
The national rate card: Core £25.00, Skilled £28.00, Lead £34.00, senior chef £40.00 per hour ex VAT. No regional uplift, no surge pricing, four-hour minimum per person.
Yes, on the same card, with travel at cost beyond 15 miles of the worker's base, agreed before you book.
No. Door supervision needs an SIA licence and we refer that to a licensed partner. We do supply stewards, admissions and event crew.
See the whole rate card and the instant estimate, or start a full quote. Looking for shifts yourself? Work with us.
Your brief lands with Tasmyn or Liam, not a queue. A written quote within 60 minutes (8am to 8pm) and a call if anything needs clarifying. A named mobile is given to every client at booking.
Every person paid through our PAYE payroll, so you carry no status risk. Right-to-work checks before day one. Employers' Liability £10m, Public Liability £10m. Certificates with your first confirmation.
Keep them. Use us for the shifts they cannot fill, or the ones that matter most. Overflow is where most first clients start.
Short on people for a big weekend? We supply overflow to other agencies on the same published terms.