Resolution Foundation
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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
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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
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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
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Living wage hits foodservice hardest
THE NATIONAL Living Wage will add 3.6% to the wage bill of the foodservice sector by 2020. For hotels and accommodation the impact is 2.8%. Combined, this… Read More