Is the minimum wage increase hurting your hospitality business?
Since introducing the ‘national living wage’ last April the UK government has increased minimum hourly pay for the over 25’s from £6.70 to £7.50 and it is expected to rise to £9.00 by 2020. The Labour Party manifesto for the upcoming election is expected to pledge a £10 per hour minimum pay by 2020. The worry is that certain industries will be affected more than others, particularly the hospitality sector that offer a high number of low-skilled jobs, the result being that the