Launched in 2012, the Brighton & Hove Living Wage Campaign aims to encourage local businesses to voluntarily pay all employees a decent hourly rate.
Set independently and updated annually the Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK and is the amount that allows a person to live, rather than just survive. The new rate is announced every November during Living Wage week and businesses are given until 1st April to implement the new rate which is currently £9.00 per hour
Our aim is to support and encourage local businesses to voluntarily commit to paying their employees the Living Wage. If you are already paying the Living Wage you can sign up here to show your business’ commitment and then display a Brighton & Hove Living Wage logo on your premises, marketing materials and website. See here who has signed up already.
If you are not paying the Living Wage but would like to join the 494 businesses that currently do, please contact us here for advice and support.
Over the last few years we decided to focus on customer service. In floristry most people focus on the flowers – but to us that was a given. For us, our business model works in a circle. If we deliver the highest service possible, we can afford to charge higher prices; customers get what they’re…
"We're delighted to be a part of the Living Wage Campaign. It's good for the business community, our employees and the city itself. Everybody wins."
"The Sackville Medical Centre is pleased to be associated with the Living Wage initiative, which underpins our commitment to support our loyal and hard-working staff, in providing remuneration commensurate with a reasonable standard of living."
For our business the Living Wage is a given. All our staff are paid above the Living Wage, including our cleaner. It’s simply a matter of respect. We want our staff to feel good about themselves and their work. BusinessHeads joined the Living Wage campaign because we believe that the minimum wage has lingered too…
Working in the Jewellery trade requires staff whom are highly skilled as both makers and on the retail side, so the wage has to be commensurate.
