INDUSTRY SURVEY
IOG PAY RISE RECOMMENDATIONS The Institute of Groundsmanship recommends a 2.5 per cent pay rise for grounds staff
With some attention and a sound strategy, you could see your wages grow
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he Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) is recommending a 2.5 per cent increase in grounds staff’s national minimum salary bands for 2019. The recommendations have been made against a backdrop of economic uncertainty over the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, which is likely to impact growth; GDP growth is expected to be low in the medium term, with 1.6 per cent the forecasted figure for 2019, and it is not expected to rise above this level until after 2023.
24 THE GROUNDSMAN January 2019
“Recommendations have been made against a backdrop of economic uncertainty over the UK’s withdrawal from the EU”