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Salt Social People/Event staff Liverpool
Event and hospitality staffing · Liverpool · Merseyside

Liverpool event staff,on the published rate.

Liverpool has a waterfront arena and convention centre, two Premier League clubs, the most famous race meeting in the country and a warehouse bar scene that never quite closes. We supply bar, floor, kitchen and event people on one national rate.

Core rate, ex VAT£25.00/hr
What the person is paid£14.00 + holiday
Minimum booking4 hours
Regional upliftNone
The local market

A waterfront city built for big events.

The arena and convention centre on the waterfront carry concerts, exhibitions and gala dinners side by side, often on the same night. Around the Albert Dock and Pier Head, hotels and museums host receptions and conferences. The Baltic Triangle, the Ropewalks and the streets off Bold Street run warehouse parties, launches and a busy late bar trade.

Sport sets the rest of the calendar. Two Premier League clubs run matchday hospitality from August to May. In April the Grand National meeting at Aintree brings three days of hospitality on a scale few events match. Along the coast and across the Wirral, golf, weddings and country-house events add summer weekends, and from November the city-centre Christmas market and office parties take over.

Where we work, honestly

Salt Social People is based in Newcastle upon Tyne. We recruit a North West team alongside our Manchester people, on the same terms: interview, two references, a paid trial shift. At booking we tell you within two hours how many people we can fill locally. Where a job is bigger than our Merseyside bench on that date, we either fill the gap with our travelling core team, with travel and any hotel shown at cost, or tell you the number we can deliver. Nobody finds out on the day.

Buying situations

The bookings we expect most often on Merseyside.

Through the year

The Liverpool year, as a staffing calendar.

Rates, published

The rate card for this booking.

Liverpool and Merseyside 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.

TierWe pay themYou 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
Uplifts, also published. Inside the M25: +£3/hr (we pay +£2). 1 December to 2 January and bank holidays: +£3/hr (we pay +£2). New Year's Eve: +£6/hr (we pay +£4), which replaces the festive uplift rather than stacking on it.
Not on the invoice. No last-minute premium. No surge pricing. No travel charge within 15 miles of the worker's base. No booking fee. Minimum booking 4 hours per person.
The contingency and the rebate. Every quote carries a 20% contingency line so a late finish never becomes an argument. Unused, it is never charged. If the job comes in under the quote, we refund 5% of the final invoice.
Cancellation, published. Free more than 48 hours before start. 50% between 24 and 48 hours. 100% inside 24 hours. Whatever you pay goes to the person who cleared their diary.
The whole rate card and the instant estimate
In the contract, not just on this page

Five promises with money behind them.

Every client booking carries the same five guarantees, written into our terms of business.

Quote in 60 minutes

Written, itemised, ex VAT, 8am to 8pm every day. Three hours outside that.

A named human, 7am to 2am

Your account manager's mobile is on the booking confirmation, answered on any day we have people working.

First-hour swap

Anyone not right? Tell us in the first hour. No charge for them and a replacement on the way.

First shift on us

New clients get one person for one four-hour shift free on their first booking. See what you are buying.

Fill honesty

Names confirmed within two hours of booking. If we cannot fill a position we say so at booking, never on the day.

Questions

Straight answers.

Do you have staff based in Liverpool?

We recruit a North West team, including people on Merseyside, on the same terms as everywhere else. At booking we confirm within two hours what we can fill locally, and if a job is bigger than our local bench on that date we say so.

Can you help with Grand National week?

Yes, if you ask early. We supply bar, waiting and event crew on the national rate, with a Lead to run each area. Race week fills up fast, so we confirm names within two hours and tell you honestly if we cannot fill a position.

How is the price set for Liverpool?

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.

Do you cover the Wirral and Southport?

Yes, on the same card. Travel is at cost beyond 15 miles of the worker's base and agreed before you book.

Do you supply security?

No. Door supervision needs an SIA licence and we refer that to a licensed partner. We do supply stewards, admissions and event crew.

Nearby and related

Same people, same published terms.

See the whole rate card and the instant estimate, or start a full quote. Looking for shifts yourself? Work with us.

Get a quote

Tell us the brief. We reply within 60 minutes.

Staff enquiry

Build the team you need, role by role. The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. Nothing here commits you to anything.
1About you
2The event
3Dates and times
4Your team
Core£25/hr
Bar staff
Waiting staff
Runners
Kitchen porters
Event crew / stewards
Cloakroom / admissions
Skilled£28/hr
Cocktail bartenders
Baristas
Fine-dining waiters
Hosts
Brand ambassadors
Team leaders
Lead£34/hr
Supervisors / event managers
Chefs de partie
Senior chef£40/hr
Sous chefs
Head chefs
Priced on requestquoted
Drivers
Anything elsequoted
Team: 0 people
5Requirements
6Budget and paperwork
7Anything else
Or email hello@salt-social.co.uk

What happens next

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.

Compliance in one place

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.

Already have an agency?

Keep them. Use us for the shifts they cannot fill, or the ones that matter most. Overflow is where most first clients start.

Other agencies

Short on people for a big weekend? We supply overflow to other agencies on the same published terms.