Leeds runs an arena, two big sporting grounds, a busy conference trade and one of the liveliest bar streets in the North. We supply bar, floor, kitchen and event people on one published national rate, with names confirmed within two hours.
Most of Leeds event work happens within a mile of the station. The arena on the north side of the centre brings touring shows with bars that need to be open well before doors and cleared quickly after. Hotels and conference venues around City Square and Wellington Street run awards dinners and conference lunches through the week. Call Lane, Greek Street and the Northern Quarter carry the late bar trade, and the dockside museum and venues at Leeds Dock host receptions and product launches.
Sport adds a second calendar. The cricket and rugby ground at Headingley runs hospitality boxes through the summer, and football at Elland Road fills lounges from August to May. North of the city, country estates and barns across the Dales fringe book full floor teams for weddings, often with no staff of their own.
Salt Social People is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, about ninety minutes from Leeds by train. We recruit a West Yorkshire team the same way we recruit at home: interview, two references, a paid trial shift. At booking we tell you within two hours what we can fill with people who live locally. Where a job is bigger than our Leeds bench on that date, we either fill the gap with our travelling core team, with travel shown at cost on its own line, or tell you the number we can deliver. Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Harrogate and York are all quoted on the same card.
Leeds and West Yorkshire are charged at the national rate. There is no regional uplift. Travel is at cost beyond 15 miles of the worker's base and is 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 West Yorkshire team on the same terms as everywhere else. At booking we confirm within two hours how many people we can fill locally. If a job is larger than our Leeds bench on that date, we say so and offer travelling core team with travel shown at cost.
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. A typical team is Core bar staff with a Lead running the bar and cash-up. We brief the stock, the tills and the site plan in writing 48 hours before, and by phone three hours before start.
Yes, on the same card. No travel charge within 15 miles of the worker's base; beyond that, travel at cost, agreed before you book.
No. Door supervision and security need 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.