03/09/2026
We want to set the record straight about accusations that we have deliberately under paid our staff. This is incorrect.
In more than 30 years of business, we have never set any employee’s rate of pay below the National Minimum Wage. We take our responsibilities as an employer extremely seriously. Our staff have always been paid at least the legal minimum, and often above it.
The issue highlighted relates to a technical breach regarding a subsidised bus service.
Employees chose to have their contribution for the service deducted directly from their wages rather than bring cash to work. Although their actual rate of pay was not below minimum wage, the deduction meant their pay was calculated as falling below the required level for National Minimum Wage purposes.
We were therefore required to reimburse the affected employees, who then paid their bus contribution separately in cash.
A fine was also issued because of this technical breach.
