More businesses are understood to be interested in helping, with offers of jobs or to assist in other ways. Tesco and Vodafone have already announced they will make jobs available in their European operations.

The CBI said many companies are “keen to assist further” in finding jobs for people fleeing the conflict.

Ms Nicholls said hospitality operators could “kill two birds with one stone” as many roles in the sector come with accommodation.

The arrival of people seeking temporary work could also help relieve severe staffing shortages, she added. “If we can provide meaningful jobs to support them while they’re here, we would be very happy to do so.”

Morrisons has contacted the Home Office to support to Ukrainians arriving in the UK.

A spokesman for the supermarket said: “Morrisons will welcome Ukrainian refugees with open arms … we believe we could find good roles for many hundreds of men and women.”

Marks & Spencer also confirmed it is in contact with officials about the details of support.

“We are absolutely committed to supporting Ukrainian refugees, through both the humanitarian response underway with our charity partners and with jobs,” a spokesman said.

Sainsburys said it was looking at how to provide support in a “meaningful way”, adding it “would be open to providing jobs as part of this”.

The Government said the local sponsorship scheme will match charities, businesses and individuals with refugees who do not have family in the UK.

A Home Office spokesman said: “We will keep our support under constant review.”