National Living Wage

  • Hospitality firms top wage offenders list

    Hospitality firms top wage offenders list

    The government has named and shamed another raft of employers for failing to pay their staff the national minimum or living wage – and almost one in four are from the hospitality sector. For the first time, the list published… Read More

  • Brexit not an issue, but NLW causing “distress”

    Brexit not an issue, but NLW causing “distress”

    The National Living Wage has pushed the number of businesses in “financial distress” up by 23%, according to research by Begbies Traynor. As of October 1st, there were 97,342 firms struggling, up from 78,917 six months ago. Almost a third… Read More

  • Average pay in hospitality higher than NLW

    Average pay in hospitality higher than NLW

    The average pay of a hospitality worker over the age of 25 as of June 2016 was £7.47 – 27p higher than the National Living Wage. Data collected from 4,000 hospitality businesses also showed that, since the introduction of NLW,… Read More

  • Profits, not jobs, hit by living wage

    Profits, not jobs, hit by living wage

    Employers have responded to the National Living Wage (NLW) by raising prices or reducing profits rather than cutting jobs, according to new research. A Resolution Foundation survey of 500 businesses found that of those firms affected by the NLW, the… Read More

  • NLW and Brexit create workforce headaches

    NLW and Brexit create workforce headaches

    More than half (54%) of Britain’s pub and restaurant groups believe the national living wage (NLW) is a positive change for the eating- and drinking-out market. However, 53% said it would have a negative impact on their own business. Moving… Read More

  • British strawberry fields may not be forever

    British strawberry fields may not be forever

    Foodservice companies could have to look overseas for strawberries as British suppliers struggle to come to terms with the National Living Wage. The NLW is costing growers 58% of their profit and this has put the sector under serious threat,… Read More

  • Age no barrier to living wage

    Age no barrier to living wage

    AccorHotels is the latest hospitality company to announce that it will go beyond the Government’s guidelines and apply the new National Living Wage to all its employees, irrespective of age. The hotel group, which employs over 5,000 people in the… Read More

  • Analysis: Can foodservice solve the productivity conundrum?

    Analysis: Can foodservice solve the productivity conundrum?

    George Osborne is renowned for his ability to put a positive spin on the most ambiguous of statistics, but not even the Chancellor can find a favourable frame for the UK’s dismal productivity figures. Recent ONS data showed Britain as… Read More

  • Bruising time for UK fruit and veg

    Bruising time for UK fruit and veg

    The UK horticulture sector faces major structural issues that threaten its long-term viability, based on the findings of two new reports. The sector faces issues on both the supply and demand side, according to the latest paper by the Food… Read More

  • News review

    IT APPEARS THAT all 19 government requests for bans of GM crop cultivation are expected to go unchallenged by biotech companies, paving the way for two thirds of the EU’s farmland and population to remain GM-free. According to information it… Read More