Minimum Wage Increases 1st April 2018

25/03/2018Posted in Business, Government, NewsWritten by Merbeck ConsultingLeave a comment

As of 1st April 2018, the Government will raise the minimum wage and national living wage to the rates below: 25 and over- £7.83 21 to 24- £7.38 18 to 20- £5.90 Under 18- £4.20 Apprentice- £3.70 The aim of raising the minimum wage is to close the gap between non-skilled and skilled workers, moving towards […]

GDPR. Are you Ready?

21/03/2018Posted in Government, legislation change, NewsWritten by Merbeck ConsultingLeave a comment

The General Data Protection Regulations 2018 – known to most as GDPR- will change how are data is handled and who can process it, to a much greater extent than the Data Protection Act 1998. It is suggested that breaches of data protection will result in fines of up to 4% of an organisation’s global […]