Wages
This covers all our reporting on wages and pay structures within the UK foodservice and hospitality industries, including minimum wage legislation, National Living Wage updates, tipping reforms, pay disputes, and employer responses. We provide analysis on how wage changes impact staffing models, cost structures, and recruitment strategies for restaurants, pubs, bars, and catering operations. Essential reading for operators, HR leads, and executives managing workforce planning and financial performance in a labour-sensitive sector.
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Mar- 2020 -19 MarchBusiness
New bank of England boss promises fresh measures to fight Covid-19
The new Bank of England boss, Andrew Bailey, has promised a fresh set of measures to help fight the economic “emergency” faced due to the coronavirus outbreak. Bailey, who has only been in the position for three days after taking over from former Bank Of England chief Mark Carney, told…
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16 MarchTrade Associations
UKHospitality calls for ‘enhanced’ government support amid coronavirus outbreak
UKHospitality has called on the UK Government to “step up” its package of business support as the effect of coronavirus continues to spread. It said the package of measures announced in the Budget on Wednesday were “helpful”, but do not go “nearly far enough” to support the vast majority of…
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12 MarchComment
How will the new immigration laws impact the catering and hospitality industry?
New government immigration laws outlined on Friday the 21st of February promised to permanently end so-called ‘unskilled’ immigration into the UK from abroad. A new points-based system with a minimum annual salary threshold of £26,500 is set to be introduced on January 1st, 2021. As an HR technology platform that…
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Feb- 2020 -24 FebruaryGovernment
Hospitality insolvencies at highest level in seven years
Insolvencies in the hospitality sector increased by 10.4% in 2019, the highest amount in seven years, according to analysis by real estate adviser Altus Group under the Freedom of Information Act. The Insolvency Service, an agency of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, paid out a total a…
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14 FebruaryPeople
Hospitality wages increase in January
The average wage in the hospitality industry rose by 2.5% in January to £8.84, according to the new statistics from global software provider Fourth. It follows the Government’s New Year announcement that the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2% to £8.72 in April 2020. The figures from Fourth,…
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10 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Ocado ditches Waitrose; Bill gates orders £500m beast-yacht; Boris to lower immigration wage threshold
A busy start to the week in the business pages. As the coronavirus story unfolds I am reluctant to spend every day providing updates on it, but it is worth noting quickly that there is likely to be some worldwide economic turbulence due to the latest developments. A slew of…
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Jan- 2020 -15 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated
From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the “high street bellwether”, yet that is the status it has held for so many decades. The once mighty monolith was the first British retailer to reach a market capitalisation of £1bn and…
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14 JanuaryNews
Greene King union staff members vote for strike action
Greene King workers who are part of the Unite union have voted for strike action following a “paltry” pay offer by the brewery. Unite members, including draymen, brewery production staff and warehouse workers, voted “strongly in favour” of strike action after rejecting a 2% pay rise which they argue does…
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6 JanuaryRestaurants
Fewer closures but more job losses in casual dining, research finds
Casual dining closures fell by more than a fifth last year, according to joint research from the Altus Group and the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). Restaurant closures in the sector fell from 1,188 in 2018 to 922 during 2019, whilst total job losses rose by 8%. A total of…
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Nov- 2019 -18 NovemberBusiness
Losses at top 100 UK restaurant groups increase to £93m in last year
The UK’s top 100 restaurants made a £93m loss in the last year, down from a profit of £37m 12 months ago, according to research from UHY Hacker Young. Peter Kubik, partner at the accountancy firm’s London office, said the restaurant sector in the UK is still suffering from the…
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