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Minimum wage rates to increase
Covid awareness posters available through Printshop Londis has created a new pack of Covid–19 awareness posters and POS for retailers, which
The adult National Living Wage is to increase by 6.6% from April next year.
are available through the Printshop.
Wage for those aged 23 and over will increase from £8.91 to £9.50 an hour, a rise of 6.6%.
The pack covers issues such as contactless payment, hand sanitising
At the same time, the National Minimum Wage for those aged 21-22 will increase
and social distancing measures.
from £8.36 to £9.18 an hour; for 18 to
The pack is designed to
20-year-olds it will rise from £6.56 to £6.83;
help retailers reassure
while for under-18s it will increase from
shoppers that are still
£4.62 to £4.81.
feeling vulnerable, and
The Apprentice Rate will also increase, from
can be enhanced by
the impact of the signage
£4.30 to £4.81 an hour.
continuing to provide hand
Announcing the changes, Chancellor Rishi
want to be as careful as
sanitiser for those who still
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced
Sunak said: “We are increasing the National
possible when shopping.
increases in the National Living Wage and
Living Wage next year by 6.6%, to £9.50 an
The Printshop is free to
the National Minimum Wage for younger
hour. For a full-time worker, that’s a pay rise
access via the My Londis
workers in the recent Autumn Budget.
worth over £1,000, and it will benefit over
website on the Booker.
two million of the lowest-paid workers in
co.uk platform.
From 1 April next year, the National Living
the country.”
Pandemic pet boom creates opportunities A lockdown-driven boom in the
driven by rocketing demand for pet
UK pet population is creating huge
food and treats formulated with natural
opportunities for retailers, new research
ingredients and based on the diets of
reveals.
animals in the wild.
The research from Mars Petcare unveils
Zoe Taphouse, Category & Market
the true extent of the pet boom over
Activation Director at Mars Petcare
the course of the pandemic, with an
UK, said: “The prospects for the
increase of more than 1.5 million pets in
category are extremely good. Not only
the UK over the period.
do shoppers tend to shop petcare for considerably longer than other categories such as infant care, they
The research reveals that the number of puppies living in the UK almost tripled
from 650,000 in 2016.
also show a far greater propensity to trade up and try new things. With the
between 2016 and 2020. By the end of last year, there were 1.8 million puppies
As a result, total sales of pet food
right ranges and in-store marketing,
in the country. Meanwhile there were
and litter have surged by 10.8%, an
our retail partners can look forward to a
1.3 million kittens in Britain in 2020, up
increase worth £45m. This is being
long period of growth.”
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