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Cardiff Hosts Living Wage Champion Awards for the First Time

The Welsh capital hosted the prestigious Living Wage Champion Awards for the first time on the 11th of July 2024 – only the second time it has been held outside of London. The event was held at Techniquest and co-hosted by the Living Wage Foundation and the Living Wage Wales team from Cynnal Cymru, marking […]

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Celebrating Workers’ Rights for International Workers’ Day 2024

Today we celebrate International Workers’ Day as the movement towards fair wages, hours, and working conditions continues. The History We celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1st to celebrate the labour movement and the working classes. The celebration takes place on the 1st of May to commemorate the pivotal events in Chicago in 1886 [1] when

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Employer Perspectives: Nuvolt a living Wage & Hours Employer

We had the pleasure of visiting Nuvolt Ltd based in Cardiff, South Wales recently and they shared their experience as an accredited Living Wage Employer some of the reasons why they decided to commit to paying a real Living Wage. Nuvolt is a forward-thinking company dedicated to advancing low carbon technology solutions. We specialise in

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PAY BOOST FOR OVER 22,800 WELSH WORKERS AS THE REAL LIVING WAGE INCREASES TO £12 

Over 22,800 Welsh workers will receive a vital cost-of-living pay boost thanks to the 550 Welsh employers who are all committed to paying all their staff a real Living Wage.  The new Living Wage rate rises to £12 an hour across the UK outside of London (a £1.10 increase)   The real Living Wage rates remain

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front door communications on being a living wage employer

Front Door Communications are a Cardiff-based PR, social media and content marketing agency. We spoke to their Director, Kathryn Chadwick about why they became a Living Wage Employer. Front Door Communications was founded in 2017, and my business partner, Lynsey and I had no idea at that time that we would need to employ staff.

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Shaw Healthcare – an employee-owned healthcare business

This Living Wage Week we are celebrating accredited employers based in Wales. A significant accreditation this year has been Shaw Healthcare, an employee owned healthcare business based in Cardiff, following a multi-million-pound investment into employee salaries. From 1 March 2022, everyone at Shaw saw an increase in their salaries of between three and 10 per

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Circus Eruption: Demonstrating commitment by becoming an accredited employer

Circus Eruption are based in Swansea and run integrated circus workshops for children and young people of all abilities, who grow in confidence, self-esteem and resilience as well as having fun! Some of them face challenges like statements or labels of disability, being refugees/asylum seekers, being young carers, or being on the edge of care

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