In March 2022, the UK’s inflation hit a record-breaking 7%, the highest for three decades. This has prompted a huge rise in the cost of living, with the consumer price index (CPI) set to reach 9% - an unprecedented high.  All of this prompts the question: should companies be increasing employee [...]

The price of everything is rising fast; the stories are everywhere, if you listen hard enough. The price of wood is now 64% more than it was a year ago, fuel prices are going up 5p a day and minimum wage is going up to £9.18 from April 2022, a 9.8% [...]