Food firms ‘named and shamed’ for low pay

By Gwen Ridler

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Almost 200 businesses failed to pay the minimum wage to their employees
Almost 200 businesses failed to pay the minimum wage to their employees

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Food firms appeared on a list of nearly 200 businesses “named and shamed” for failing to pay the minimum wage to their staff.

The list – totalling 198 firms – was produced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (DBEI).

Among them was fresh salad and ready meal producer Flavourfresh Salads or Southport, Merseyside.

The manufacturer was listed because it owed £2,154.94 to three workers.

A total of nine other food service companies were found to have underpaid its workers according to the DBEI.

Underpaid its workers

These included: Mr Moo’s Family Butchers, Catering Academy, Ro-Ro restaurants, The Modern Chinese Takeaway, Cheasty, Terracotta Foods, Purple Pig Middlesburough, IPizza UK and Peppermint UK Foods.

Business minister Margot James said: “This government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.

“It is not acceptable that some employers fail to pay at least the minimum wage their workers are entitled to.

“So we’ll continue to crack down on those who ignore the law, including by naming and shaming them.”

The DBEI said all the money owed had been paid back to workers.

The scheme to name and shame firms that underpaid its workers was introduced in october 2013. Up 688 employers have been reported, with total arrears of more than £3.5M.

Arrears of more than £3.5M

Top of the list of illegally low payers was a London restaurant which owed nearly £100,000 to 30 of its staff.

Also included in the list were beauty and hair salons, restaurant firms and care homes.

The National Living Wage was introduced in April this year for workers aged 25, which rose their minimum amount a business has to pay workers to £7.20 an hour.

For workers under the age of 25, the National Minimum Wage still applies.

Meanwhile, A Shropshire-­based fresh produce recruitment agency has been stripped of its licence for systematically ‘skimming’ workers’ pay, resulting in employees receiving less than the national minimum wage.

Businesses named and shamed for low pay

  1. San Lorenzo Ltd, Wimbledon, London, owed £99,541.98 to 30 workers
  2. Premier Recruitment Ltd, Derby, owed £34,797.33 to 424 workers
  3. Regis UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £25,712.19 to 604 workers
  4. RD Resourcing Ltd, Eastleigh, Hampshire, owed £14,350.00 to 122 workers
  5. TM West Plumbing Services Ltd, Leeds, owed £12,617.76 to 2 workers
  6. Mr Ronald McConnachie, trading as Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Renfrewshire, owed £12,527.97 to 3 workers
  7. SLW Ltd, trading as Sycamore Care Centre, Sunderland, owed £10,212.05 to 98 workers
  8. Kushi Care Ltd, Leicester, owed £9,726.23 to 46 workers
  9. Busy Bee Nursery (Newport-on-Tay) Ltd, trading as Little Beehive Nursery, Fife, owed £9,065.14 to 7 workers
  10. Omega Proteins Ltd, Halifax, owed £8,977.51 to 5 workers
  11. Mr Moo's Family Butchers Ltd, Billingham, Cleveland, owed £7,371.25 to 4 workers
  12. Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed £6,580.63 to 3 workers
  13. Black Swan (Yorkshire) Ltd trading as The Black Swan Hotel, York, owed £5,836.66 to 10 workers
  14. Michael Holmes, trading as Fitzroy Builders, Newtownards, County Down, owed £5,371.76 to 2 workers
  15. Voyage 1 Ltd, Lichfield, Staffordshire, owed £5,337.73 to 3 workers
  16. Minee Monkeys Ltd (previously Mini Monkeys Ltd), Oldbury, owed £5,209.96 to 1 worker
  17. Haven Care Ltd, Ilford, owed £4,695.89 to 101 workers
  18. Mr Ray Macfarlane, trading as Rays Auto Custom Services, Blackburn, owed £4,396.74 to 2 workers
  19. Catering Academy Ltd, Tamworth, Staffordshire, owed £4,220.48 to 1 worker
  20. A & G Precision & Sons Ltd, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, owed £3,723.24 to 1 worker
  21. Azafran Ltd trading as Bluebird Care (Coleraine), Coleraine, owed £3,707.92 to 67 workers
  22. Woods Hair Ltd, trading as Chapters Hair Design, Witney, Oxfordshire, owed £3,676.87 to 1 worker
  23. Mr Keith Smith & Mrs Lynda Smith, trading as KLS Electrical Contracting, Goole, East Yorkshire, owed £3,619.70 to 1 worker
  24. SPRIM  V.P.I Limited, London, SW1V, owed £3,543.44 to 1 worker
  25. Mr Prakas Kitto, trading as Kash's Off Licence, Spennymoor, County Durham, owed £3,445.88 to 1 worker
  26. Topstaff Employment Ltd, Glasgow, owed £3,355.25 to 20 workers
  27. Playdays Daycare Nursery Ltd, Bolton, owed £3,277.04 to 1 worker
  28. Mr Ben Wilkins and Mr Harry Williamson, trading as BHW Property Solutions, Bedford, owed £2,933.48 to 1 worker
  29. Castle Carpets Ltd, Shrewsbury, owed £2,898.12 to 1 worker
  30. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Limited, Brighton, owed £2,861.64 to 1 worker
  31. KAB Development & Construction Ltd, Sandbach, Cheshire, owed £2,815.51 to 1 worker
  32. Mr Nicholas & Mrs Christina Winstone-Partridge, trading as Wholesale Autoparts, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, owed £2,691.73 to 1 worker
  33. Pine View Care Home Ltd, trading as Royal Manor Nursing Home, Derby, owed £2,620.45 to worker
  34. Silverdale Care Homes Ltd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, owed £2,590.99 to 1 worker
  35. Mrs Margaret Pink, trading as Gems Childcare, Croydon, owed £2,558.80 to 4 workers
  36. UK Education Providers Ltd, Romford, owed £2,494.83 to 2 workers
  37. Ro-Ro Restaurants Ltd, trading as Oldfields Noted Eating House, Durham, owed £2,463.98 to 3 workers
  38. Betterstaff Industrial & Commercial Recruitment Limited, Sidcup, Kent, owed £2,441.92 to 23 workers
  39. Bambinos Ltd, Plymouth, owed £2,381.97 to 58 workers
  40. Prestwood Motors Ltd, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, owed £2,375.00 to 1 worker
  41. G C Motors Ltd, Harrogate, owed £2,328.83 to 2 workers
  42. Flavourfresh Salads Ltd, Southport, Merseyside, owed £2,154.94 to 3 workers
  43. Mr Chi Kin Cheng, trading as The Modern Chinese Takeaway, Derby, owed £2,124.58 to 1 worker
  44. Macdonalds Hotels & Resorts Ltd, Bathgate, West Lothian, owed £2,123.10 to 6 workers
  45. Paper Innovation Ltd, Preston, owed £2,024.82 to 4 workers
  46. Hairstopper Limited, Ayr, owed £2,021.07 to 2 workers
  47. Ms Susanna Ross, trading as Susanna's Hair & Beauty, Ayr, owed £2,013.22 to 1 worker
  48. Messrs Robert Goodwin & Paul Coxhead, trading as Instant Services (Domestic Appliances), Rochester, Kent, owed £1,978.68 to 1 worker
  49. K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Edinburgh, owed £1,916.61 to 2 workers
  50. The Buck Project Ltd, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, owed £1,915.15 to 1 worker
  51. Philips Hair Salons Ltd, Wakefield, owed £1,904.00 to 4 workers
  52. The Hobbs Hairdressing Partnership Ltd, trading as Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol owed £1,883.90 to 2 workers
  53. Mr Snippers Ltd, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, owed £1,867.54 to 1 worker
  54. Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, owed £1,860.60 to 1 worker
  55. Mr Ronald Archibald Mutton and Mrs Sandra Anne Mutton, trading as A1 Plumbing & Heating, Oxford, owed £1,834.13 to 1 worker
  56. Cheasty Ltd, trading as Papa Johns, Edinburgh, EH8, owed £1,811.33 to 19 workers
  57. Mr Darren Harding & Mrs Amy Harding, trading as The Wheatsheaf, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, owed £1,792.69 to 2 workers
  58. Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, trading as Poppies, Durham, owed £1,772.13 to 23 workers
  59. Mrs Sheena Lyttel, trading as Pamela Clair, Derby, owed, £1,699.01 to 1 worker
  60. AA Dispatch (UK) Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £1,669.41 to 1 worker
  61. Mrs Jeanette Mullen, trading as Fleetcare, Bristol, owed £1,665.38 to 1 worker
  62. Mr Carl Smith, trading as Nottingham & District Gun Club, Oxton, Nottinghamshire, owed £1,635.03 to 2 workers
  63. Gwynedd Electrical Contractors Ltd, Anglesey, owed £1,625.92 to 1 worker
  64. McLeod Hotels Ltd, trading as Beechwood Close Hotel, York, owed £1,526.20 to 13 workers
  65. Small Talk Nurseries Ltd, Birmingham, owed £1,499.30 to 10 workers
  66. Preston Flowers Ltd, Preston, owed £1,493.40 to 1 worker
  67. A1 Independent British 4x4 Specialists Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £1,422.44 to 1 worker
  68. High Peak Hospicecare, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, owed £1,363.13 to 1 worker
  69. Avanti Express Ltd, Hyde, Greater Manchester, owed £1,300.16 to 1 worker
  70. Mr Mark & Mrs Elizabeth Leicester, trading as Yorkshire Chimney Supplies, Harrogate, owed £1,264.76 to 1 worker
  71. Mr Thomas Till and Mrs Pauline Till, trading as Misters of Stafford, owed £1,254.76 to 1 worker
  72. Huddlebuy Ltd, London, EC4V, owed £1,236.88 to 1 worker
  73. Mitie Property Services (UK) Ltd, Bristol, owed £1,226.37 to 1 worker
  74. Airspeed Tyres & Exhaust Ltd, Ipswich, owed £1,198.75 to 1 worker
  75. The Dinner Bell Ltd, trading as The Chequers, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, owed £1,190.68 to 1 workers
  76. Mobile Buddy Ltd, Swansea, owed £1,162.77 to 1 worker
  77. Mrs Rebecca Hodges & Mr Rob Hodges, trading as Flame Hair Studios, Towcester, Northamptonshire, owed £1,146.46 to 2 workers
  78. Miss Olivia Smith, trading as The Cutting Rooms, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, owed £1,132.65 to 1 worker
  79. Crown Care II LLP, North Shields, owed £1,129.74 to 60 workers
  80. Mr Richard Harris and Mrs Myrtle Harris, trading as Honiton Garage, Honiton, Devon, owed £1,121.55 to 1 worker
  81. Universal Care Services (UK) Ltd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, owed £1,085.93 to 7 workers
  82. Sunnybank Day Nursery Ltd, Leeds, owed £1,083.45 to 2 workers
  83. Formby Hall Golf Club Ltd, trading as Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Formby, Merseyside, owed £1,047.00 to 1 worker
  84. Sine Hair & Beauty Salon Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,027.65 to 1 worker
  85. JR's Hairdressing Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,000.16 to 2 workers
  86. Ms Lorna Bainbridge, trading as Passion 4 Hair and Beauty, Stockton-on-Tees, owed £997.45 to 2 workers
  87. Three Points Limited, Bristol, owed £972.64 to 1 worker
  88. Mrs Rosemary Wight, trading as AJ'S Hair & Beauty Salon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, owed £972.41 to 1 worker
  89. Ryce Limited, Fife, owed £935.96 to 1 worker
  90. Mr Abdul Muslim, trading as Light of India, Oban, Argyll and Bute, owed £927.60 to 1 worker
  91. Sanctuary Home Care Ltd, Worcester, owed £918.65 to 1 worker
  92. Interserve FS (UK) Ltd, Dudley, owed £894.03 to 4 workers
  93. Forest Gate (Corby) Ltd, Corby, Northamptonshire, owed £878.57 to 4 workers
  94. William Priestley Salon Ltd, Halifax, owed £830.69 to 1 worker
  95. SGUK Limited, Wolverhampton, owed £809.66 to 1 worker
  96. Mr Steven Jenkins, trading as Rock Salt Café & Brasserie, Plymouth, owed £779.00 to 2 workers
  97. Edward Marshall LLP, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £776.50 to 1 worker
  98. Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Ltd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, owed £775.12 to 1 worker
  99. Automaster (South Wales) Ltd, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, owed £770.56 to 1 worker
  100. Thomson ID Ltd, trading as Austen Thomson Hair, Edinburgh, owed £759.32 to 1 worker
  101. Mead Medical Services Ltd, trading as Lydiafield Care Home, Annan, owed £741.67 to 13 workers
  102. Ms Sue Newton, trading as Play 2 Learn Day Nursery, Northampton, owed £735.48 to 1 worker
  103. Brick Peers Ltd, Wells, Somerset, owed £735.25 to 1 worker
  104. McKinlays Lettings Crewkerne Ltd, Crewkerne, Somerset, owed £713.18 to 1 worker
  105. Temple Doors Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, owed £674.98 to 1 worker
  106. Mr Harpinder Singh Dhamu, trading as Holloway Dental Practice, London, N7, owed £671.37 to 1 worker
  107. Mr David Curran and Mrs Deborah Curran, trading as Gazeley Stud, Newmarket, Suffolk, owed £646.20 to 1 worker
  108. Devon Dogs Ltd, Okehampton, Devon, owed £638.49 to 1 worker
  109. Legal Claimline Ltd, Manchester, owed £612.49 to 1 worker
  110. Fisher & Donaldson (St Andrews), Cupar, Fife, owed £574.32 to 6 workers
  111. U K P Leisure Club, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £566.62 to 1 worker
  112. Olyness Ltd, trading as The New Westmere Day Nursery, Blackpool, owed £561.96 to 1 worker
  113. Ms Alison Vallance, trading as Vallance Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £547.20 to 1 worker
  114. Murdock Ltd, London, WC2H, owed £546.00 to 1 worker
  115. Krystal Dry Cleaners Ltd, London, SW16, owed £544.46 to 1 worker
  116. Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool, owed £517.88 to 1 worker
  117. Mr Alex Okolidoh & Mrs Victoria Okolidoh, trading as Elite Property Solutions, Norwich, owed £511.20 to 1 worker
  118. Crown Care IV Ltd, North Shields, owed £505.86 to 25 workers
  119. 247 Home Rescue Ltd (Named changed to 123 SRS Limited), Accrington, Lancashire, owed £493.05 to 1 worker
  120. Collective Apparel Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, owed £487.34 to 1 worker
  121. Mr Robert Louis Craig, trading as Craigs Courier Services, Falkirk, owed £484.90 to 1 worker
  122. Shiners Property Services Ltd, London, E14, owed £481.36 to 1 worker
  123. Earn Extra 139 Ltd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, owed £453.48 to 1 worker
  124. Morleigh Ltd, trading as Tregertha Court Residential Care Home, Looe, Cornwall, owed £447.98 to 1 worker
  125. Ebina Ltd, trading as Ebi Sushi, Derby, owed £447.97 to 4 workers
  126. Dove's Nest Ltd, Manchester, owed £439.37 to 19 workers
  127. Zeus Enterprise Ltd, trading as Yieldify, London, EC3R, owed £421.93 to 1 worker
  128. Ms Tina Hamlin, trading as Mad Hatters, Orpington, Kent, owed £418.73 to 3 workers
  129. Elite Complete Property Services Ltd, Plymouth, owed £414.85 to 1 worker
  130. M. J. Electrical. Services. Ltd., Swansea, owed £410.00 to 1 worker
  131. Toni Saade Ltd, trading as Toni Saade Hair Salon, Newmarket, Suffolk, owe £404.64 to 1 worker
  132. Salim Uddin Khan, trading as Top Tread Tyres, Exhaust & MOT Centre, High Wycombe, owed £402.25 to 1 worker
  133. Music Junkie Ltd, Leicester, owed £396.85 to 1 worker
  134. Mr Kevin Boyd, trading as Billion Hair, Wigan, owed £396.07 to 1 worker
  135. Scope, London, N7, owed £394.28 to 1 worker
  136. Legends (Redditch) Ltd, trading as Legends Hair & Beauty Salon, Worcester owed £393.14 to 3 workers
  137. Suzy Mcs Corporate Catering Ltd, Coventry, owed £392.18 to 1 worker
  138. Simply Auto Enrolment Solutions Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £390.00 to 1 worker
  139. Care and Support Shop Ltd, London, E13, owed £389.74 to 28 workers
  140. Contact Industrial Recruitment Ltd, Urmston, Manchester, owed £378.77 to 64 workers
  141. Mr Stephen Wallace, trading as The Lunatic Fringe, Canterbury, owed £377.48 to 1 worker
  142. Pasture Wood Fisheries Ltd, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, owed £373.95 to 3 workers
  143. Hollywood Plant Services Ltd, Walsall, owed £372.41 to 1 worker
  144. Terracotta Foods Ltd, trading as Freddy's Chicken & Pizza, Northampton, owed £370.80 to 1 worker
  145. Your Electrical Supplies Services & Solutions (A) Ltd, Normanton, West Yorkshire, owed £369.88 to 2 workers
  146. SLRS Ltd, trading as Stealth Security, Southampton, owed £366.26 to 1 worker
  147. Industrial Medical Agency Ltd, Bradford, owed £365.37 to 1 worker
  148. Le Nantais Bistro (Hove) Ltd, Brighton, owed £362.44 to 1 worker
  149. Trident Design and Build Ltd, Warwick, owed £360.35 to 2 workers
  150. Jackson Dairies Ltd, Stockport, owed £355.90 to 3 workers
  151. Stephen Johnstone & Son Funeral Directors, Chester, owed £347.05 to 1   worker
  152. Motorbody Accident Repair Centre Ltd, Ambleside, Cumbria, owed £338.27 to 1 worker
  153. Beezy Beez Day Nursery Ltd, Leicester, owed £334.26 to 1 worker
  154. Manchester Super Store (Rusholme) Ltd, Manchester, owed £315.50 to 1 worker
  155. Lakhani Holdings Ltd, trading as Munro Pharmacy, London, E13, owed £312.00 to 1 worker
  156. The Personnel People Ltd, Norwich, owed £298.58 to 15 workers
  157. Smart Cool Ltd, Hull, owed £294.71 to 1 worker
  158. Kent Coach Travel Ltd, Sheerness, owed £294.51 to 1 worker
  159. Arcadia Care Ltd, Birmingham, owed, £286.00 to 1 worker
  160. B2B Engage Ltd, Bracknell, owed £282.00 to 1 worker
  161. Sollertia Limited, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, owed £271.95 to 1 worker
  162. Mrs R Goff & Mrs E Butt, trading as Cotswold Equine Training, Burford, Oxfordshire, owed £268.72 to 1 workers
  163. Benkaz Ltd, Shotts, Lanarkshire, owed £266.71 to 1 worker
  164. Kinza Beauty Lounge Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, owed £258.30 to 1 worker
  165. Care 4 U Services (Lincs) Ltd, Lincoln, owed £257.27 to 1 worker
  166. Mr Anthony Shields, trading as 2CV City, Bradford, owed £252.46 to 1 worker
  167. Purple Pig Middlesbrough Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £226.00 to 1 worker
  168. Fury Murry’s (Paisley) Ltd, Paisley, owed £216.14 to 1 worker
  169. Greene King Retail Services Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, owed £211.89 to 1 worker
  170. Consummate Care UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £201.36 to 1 worker
  171. Professional Print Finishing Services Limited, London, N18, owed £198.25 to 1 worker
  172. Supreme (UK) Ltd, Woking, owed £197.41 to 1 worker
  173. Dimples Riverside Day Nursery Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £195.23 to 5 workers
  174. Poundstretcher Ltd, Huddersfield, owed £182.94 to 2 workers
  175. Wood & Co (Leicester) Ltd, Leicester, owed £179.17 to 1 worker
  176. Pomodoro 1 Ltd, Bewdley, Worcestershire, owed £177.64 to 2 workers
  177. Mr Isni Balija, trading as Letchworth Hand Car Wash, Letchworth Garden City, owed £173.33 to 1 worker
  178. Euro Dental Laboratory Services Ltd, Chorley, owed £173.00 to 1 worker
  179. Plum Buffets Ltd, Coventry, owed £156.00 to 1 worker
  180. Safe Night Security Ltd, Sunderland, owed £156.00 to 1 worker
  181. Miss Alison Margaret Smith, trading as AMS Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £150.00 to 2 workers
  182. Food n Tipple Ltd, Bolton, owed £148.28 to 1 worker
  183. Biton System Consultants Ltd, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £145.00 to 1 worker
  184. Shepherdess Café Ltd, London, EC14, owed £141.70 to 1 worker
  185. Beau Visage Beauty Ltd, Manchester, owed £141.00 to 1 worker
  186. Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd, Stevenston, Ayrshire, owed £134.21 to 1 worker
  187. TS Developments Ltd, trading as Imperial Workforce, Darlington, owed £130.30 to 12 workers
  188. Lifeline Homecare Ltd, Frome, Somerset, owed £130.02 to 3 workers
  189. IPizza UK Ltd, trading as IPizza, London, W3, owed £130.00 to 1 worker
  190. Nu U 2 Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £125.57 to 1 worker
  191. Quest Cleaning Services Ltd, Staverton, Wiltshire, owed £125.13 to 1 worker
  192. My Home Choice (Essex) Ltd, trading as Bluebird Care Colchester, Colchester, owed £120.53 to 1 worker
  193. L M Bubble Tea Ltd, trading as Mooboo, Liverpool, owed £117.19 to 1 worker
  194. Newline Care Home Ltd, Bradford, owed £116.31 to 1 worker
  195. Peppermint UK Foods Ltd, trading as Subway, Brentwood, owed £107.20 to 1 worker
  196. Miss Despina Glykeriou and Mrs Jane Waldrum, trading as P W W Ice Cream Supplies, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, owed £106.72 to 1 worker
  197. Micro Fitness Ltd, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, owed £104.93 to 1 worker
  198. Silenster Building Services Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £103.48 to 1 worker

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Low Pay or Disputed Wages?

Posted by Kent Virdee,

Have to be cautious with above list, many of these seem like disputes between worker and employer. Money owed after instant dismissal?

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