National Minimum Wage
Coverage examines how statutory wage floors affect restaurants, pubs, bars, and catering businesses across the UK, including annual rate changes, enforcement activity, and the operational impact on payroll, rota management, and pricing. Reporting also includes government policy updates, compliance risk, and how multi-site operators and independents are adjusting recruitment, benefits, and training strategies in response to rising baseline pay rates.
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Jun- 2018 -20 JuneAdvice
Tips, gratuities and tax – what you need to know
The famous opening scene of Tarantino’s classic film Reservoir Dogs focuses on three characters in a diner debating the topic of tipping in restaurants, and whether their waitress warranted hers. Whilst one character says he doesn’t believe in tipping at all, they all agree that taxing tips just doesn’t seem…
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May- 2018 -10 MayGovernment
Named and shamed: Underpaid hospitality staff among 200,000 to receive £15.6m back pay
HMRC has identified £15.6m in pay owed to more than 200,000 of the UK’s lowest paid workers, following an investigation from 2017 to 2018. This was an increase from the £10.9m that was owed to 98,000 workers in the previous year. Earlier this year, Wagamama, TGI Fridays, Starbucks and Subway…
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