Hospitality staff in London & UK on your floor within 4 hours
It's 6pm on a Friday. Two of your team have called in sick. The book is full.
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Trusted by London hotels and restaurants
You can either run the section short and watch the service fall apart, or you can ring an agency and hope whoever turns up has done this before.
We built Albion for the second half of that sentence.
Who we staff
A bad shift costs more than the shift.
One team, five kinds of buyer, each with a different Friday. Click through to the page written for yours.
Restaurant staff, London
Covers go up, two people call in, and the section falls apart at seven o'clock. We send waiters, runners, bar and kitchen staff who have worked a real service before, so your section leaders are running a floor, not training a stranger.
Book restaurant staff
Hotel staff, London
Housekeeping shortfalls, banqueting peaks, breakfast cover, night porters. We supply across the whole property, and we send the same people back, so your standards do not reset every week.
Book hotel staff
Catering and event staff
You win the job, then you have nine days to find forty people who will actually turn up. We build the team around your brief, brief them before they travel, and cover the drop-outs so your client never sees the gap.
Book event staff
Corporate hospitality staff
Reception cover, hospitality suites, board lunches, staff canteens. Presentable, briefed and early, because the people being served are the ones who renew your contract.
Book corporate staff
Private events and dining
Dinners, parties and events at home. Discreet, experienced service staff and chefs, interviewed by us before they come anywhere near your door.
Enquire about private events
How it works
Three steps, because that is genuinely all it is.
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Tell us what you need
One form or one call, takes a minute.
02
We match and brief
We pick from people who have done the job, and brief them before they travel.
03
They turn up ready
You get a name and a time, not a shrug.
“Mohammed, our senior chef de partie, and Ahmed, our kitchen porter, have seamlessly integrated into our team. Their friendliness, commitment, professionalism, high skills and collaborative spirit make them valuable assets. It feels as if they have been part of our team forever.”
Roles we fill
The people your floor is missing.
From a single KP to a full opening team. Each role is a search buyers actually type, and each links to the page written for that brief.
Where we work
London, where the 4-hour promise is real.
We cover Central London, the West End, the City, Canary Wharf, Kensington, Chelsea, Mayfair, Shoreditch and most of zone two on a same-day basis. Further out is possible with notice. If the travel will blow the timing or the rate, we say so on the call.
Recent work
What it looks like in practice.
Premium steakhouse, Victoria
Ongoing cover with the same faces returning, so the kitchen was not retraining someone new every service.
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New restaurant opening, Knightsbridge
Restaurant opened on time with an experienced floor and kitchen from day one.
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Private events and dining, London
Service that stayed in the background so the evening stayed about the guests, not the staffing.
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The Albion app
Shifts in your pocket, pay every week.
- See every shift before anyone calls you. Open shifts, rates and venues, live in the app.
- Accept in one tap. No group chats, no waiting to hear back, no losing a shift because you missed a message.
- Know what you have earned. Hours logged, pay confirmed, no chasing anyone on a Monday.
Common questions
Things managers ask us before the first call.
How quickly can you get staff to us?
What happens if someone does not turn up?
Do I have to sign anything before you can send someone?
Can I take one of your staff on permanently?
How much does it cost?
Which parts of London do you cover?
How does vetting actually work?
Can you cover short-notice weekend shifts?
“Thank you for supporting us since the opening. Thanks to all staff from KPs to waiters.”
Tell us what you are short of
Two minutes on the form, or one call.
We come back to you the same day, and if we cannot help we will say so.
Prefer to talk? 020 8163 5121. Seven days a week.
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