National Living Wage
The National Living Wage has a direct impact on the UK jewellery industry, influencing staffing costs, pricing strategies, and overall business operations for retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers. Changes to wage rates can affect everything from hiring and staff retention to profit margins and competitive positioning. Jewellery Focus covers updates to the National Living Wage, industry reaction, and expert analysis on how these changes shape the jewellery trade. Our coverage helps business owners and managers plan ahead, adapt budgets, and maintain sustainable operations in a shifting labour market.
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Jul- 2015 -8 JulyCurrent Affairs
Summer Budget 2015: National Living Wage to be introduced
Chancellor George Osborne has announced the launch of a new National Living Wage that will be launched from April next year. Delivering his emergency budget speech earlier today, Osborne announced that all businesses across the UK will have to pay working people over the age of 25 at least £7.20…
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8 JulyCurrent Affairs
Summer Budget 2015: Sunday trading could be extended
Sunday trading hours could be extended to give businesses greater flexibility over their weekend opening hours, the Chancellor George Osborne has announced. Speaking at the Summer Budget 2015, the first all-Conservative budget speech since 1996, Osborne said that elected mayors and councils could be given powers to relax local laws…
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