We are all navigating strange times at the moment and there is much conversation about the ‘new normal’. What will life be like in six months or a year? Will business continue in the same way or will this situation give birth to different, better ways of doing things? Will this be an opportunity to rebuild, fix and revolutionise? For… ...Read More
Today a total of 600 local employers have signed up to the Brighton & Hove Living Wage campaign. Since its launch in 2012, Brighton Chamber’s campaign for a real Living Wage has seen a wide variety of businesses, charities and large organisations sign up, implementing pay rises for over 3400 people. Number 600 to join was Richard Freeman, founder and… ...Read More
With 2019 coming to an end, there’s plenty to be proud of after a year of campaigning for a better, fairer, Living Wage. Looking back, we’ve achieved so much and want to thank everyone for their support and contributions to our campaign. This year we celebrated reaching our 500th sign up, a landmark event for our campaign – we brought… ...Read More
The countdown to Christmas is officially on! It could well be time to start shopping. There’s so many fantastic shops in and around Brighton & Hove, but how many of them are paying their employees a real Living Wage? To help you with your buying choices, we wanted to bring you a special Living Wage advent calendar featuring some of… ...Read More
By Alison Scutt, owner and director of Home Instead Senior Care – Lewes District and Uckfield. Home Instead Senior Care Lewes District and Uckfield are delighted to be a Living Wage employer. We are also equally delighted to hear that The Living Wage Foundation has announced the new UK Living Wage hourly rate of £9.30 per hour, an increase of… ...Read More
This week is Living Wage Week which is when the new Living Wage is announced for the UK and London each year. The hourly rate, calculated independently by the Resolution Foundation, was announced on Monday 11 November. What is the real Living Wage in the UK? £9.30 for Brighton & the UK £10.75 for London The Brighton & Hove Living… ...Read More
By Kirin Bhadesha, Catalyst Team Member Since 2018, two Catalyst team members get the opportunity to work for a week on the Brighton & Hove Living Wage Campaign supported by Brighton Chamber. This year, Arthur and I got the chance to support an audit of Brighton Living Wage employers as part of the campaign. The Catalyst Team is a group… ...Read More
18 Sep 2019 This week the Brighton & Hove Living Wage campaign reached the milestone of 550 Living Wage employers in the city. The 550th employer to sign up was Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Rose Read, Head of People and Culture, said: “Brighton & Hove Albion FC and our charitable arm, Albion in the Community, have paid the Living Wage to our… ...Read More
1. Who are Health Assured and what services do you provide? Health Assured are occupational health experts. Their services focus on issues surrounding mental health in the workplace. Services they offer include: Employee assistance programmes, trauma management, health assessments, stress counselling and more. 2. Why do you support the living wage campaign? This campaign and others like it helps to… ...Read More
Thinking of going green but not sure where to start? Svenja from Living Wage employer Sustainable Business Partnership CIC has created this blog post all about their funded Utilise Plus programme, designed to help businesses save energy. Everyone wants to do their bit to stop climate change but it can be difficult to know where to start. That’s why, when the Sustainable… ...Read More
As a family run business we see the benefits first hand that a good wage has on our employees. The quality of life and happiness of our employees is important to us, it makes for a happy work environment for everyone. We also believe it is a key factor in our staff retention, the majority…
The Living Wage Campaign demonstrates a commitment to recruiting and retaining great staff who have the ability to thrive locally.
It's a well known trait of our industry that people are expected to work for peanuts - just because the industry is so competitive. We always pay industry union rates which are more than equivalent to national living wage
It's a good idea and we support it.
we support living wages because if they need any help from us we can provide service to them.
