All National Living Wage articles – Page 5
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Features and analysis
Spar Colyton, Devon
Vic Price relocated from the West Midlands to rural Devon where he returned to his Spar roots and established himself at the heart of the local community.
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News
C-store retailers make "record" store investments in Q4
Convenience retailers made record investments of almost £300m in their businesses over the past three months, with the total amount invested in 2016 reaching £838m, research from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) reveals.
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Features and analysis
How to be a Supper Hero
Retailers may have breakfast, lunch and snacking sorted, but as competition builds for all these occasions, is it time to build on the dinnertime offer?
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News
Retailers prepare for next National Living Wage increase
Retailers have begun to consider the measures they will have to take to absorb rising employment costs after the chancellor’s decision to increase the National Living Wage (NLW) to £7.50.
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News
OECD urges government to reconsider wage increases
The government should reconsider plans to raise the National Living Wage (NLW) to as high as £9 per hour, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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News
Autumn Statement: NLW to rise, 100% rural rate relief
Retailers face higher employment costs after the chancellor confirmed today that the National Living Wage would rise to £7.50 per hour in April 2017.
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News
ACS calls for minimum wage enforcement
The Association for Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for enforcement of the National Living Wage to ensure a level playing field and prevent businesses from gaining unfair competitive advantages.
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News
Labour pledges small business assistance for NLW rises
Small businesses would be compensated in the event of a rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) under a Labour government, the shadow small business minister has pledged.
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News
Investment levels widen among convenience retailers
Investment levels among multiple and independent convenience retailers are widening, according to the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) investment tracker.
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News
Scotmid Co-operative announces steady half year trading
Scotmid Co-operative has announced trading profits of £2m in its half year trading results amid what it describes as a challenging Scottish retail market.
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News
Midcounties Co-op guilty of pay law breaches
The Midcounties Co-operative has reviewed its employment and remuneration structure for newspaper delivery staff after being found guilty of breaching minimum wage laws, and forced to make significant payouts to two of its former employees.
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Blog
The fall in staff numbers
Rising wage costs are resulting in falling staff numbers, says James Lowman.
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News
Wage hikes place jobs and retailers under pressure
The number of jobs provided by the convenience store sector has fallen for the first time since 2012 as growing wage costs start to bite.
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News
Concerns grow over rising staff costs
Retailers have voiced concerns about their long-term sustainability given next year’s anticipated rise to the National Living Wage (NLW), the phased introduction of staff pensions, and continued uncertainty over future implications of Brexit on small businesses.
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Dear Jac
How do you shop a shop?
In other words, how do you report a wrongdoing that is down to a neighbouring store?…
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News
Trade bodies urge caution on National Living Wage
Eighteen trade associations representing the interests of over 388,000 businesses have written to the new business secretary urging caution over planned increases in the National Living Wage (NLW) in the next four years.
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News
ACS sets out concerns over future NLW hikes
The Association of Convenience has urged the Low Pay Commission to review the sustainability of the government’s target of a rise in the National Living Wage to 60% of median earnings by 2020.
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News
Food prices fall at fastest rate for over a year
Shop prices continued their downward climb in June with further deflation of 2%, with food prices falling by 0.8% compared to a 0.3% decline in May, according to the latest BRC - Nielsen shop index.