Football clubs, a luxury spa and a posh country pub in David Cameron’s constituency have all been named and shamed for not paying the minimum
The business were part of a list of almost 200 companies released by the Government today who owed their workers almost half a million pounds in unpaid wages.
Among those companies listed is Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion, which owed £2,861.64 to 1 worker and League 2 side Blackpool, which had to pay £517.88 to 1 worker.
Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa in Merseyside, which charges £185 for a night in one of its executive rooms, was also found guilty of not paying the minimum wage - which is £5.30 per hour for 18 to 20-year-olds and £6.70 for over 21s.
It had to pay £1,047.00 to 1 worker.
The Chequers, in Chipping Norton, located in Cameron’s constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire owed £1,190.68 to 1 worker.
Business Minister Margot James said: “This Government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
“That means making sure everyone gets paid the wages they are owed – including our new, higher, National Living Wage. 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.”
In a statement, Brighton and Hove Albion claimed the indiscretion came about because the club were "over generous in paying the expenses of an individual on work experience placement at the club two years ago."
The club then suspended its work experience programme after being censured by the tax office.
A spokesperson said: "As a business we feel our reputation as a responsible employer has been very unfairly tarnished. We are one of the few clubs who pays its staff over and above the national living wage.
"Unfortunately, in light of this, we are now more risk averse in terms of offering work experience opportunities. This means we are unable to give as many valuable on-the-job work experience opportunities to those looking to further their careers or break into this highly competitive industry."
Since the name and scheme was introduced in October 2013, 688 employers have been publicly embarrassed, and more than £3.5 million has been paid to workers.
The latest list – the tenth since the scheme was launched – only includes business caught not paying the minimum wage, and does not take into account the National Living Wage, introduced in April
The current minimum wage rates are:
- National Living Wage (25 years and over) - £7.20 per hour
adult rate of National Minimum Wage (21 years and over) - £6.70 per hour
18 to 20-year olds - £5.30 per hour
16 to 17-year olds - £3.87 per hour
apprentice rate - £3.30 per hour
The 198 employers named today are:
San Lorenzo Ltd, Wimbledon, London, owed £99,541.98 to 30 workers
Premier Recruitment Ltd, Derby, owed £34,797.33 to 424 workers
Regis UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £25,712.19 to 604 workers
RD Resourcing Ltd, Eastleigh, Hampshire, owed £14,350.00 to 122 workers
TM West Plumbing Services Ltd, Leeds, owed £12,617.76 to 2 workers
Mr Ronald McConnachie, trading as Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Renfrewshire, owed £12,527.97 to 3 workers
SLW Ltd, trading as Sycamore Care Centre, Sunderland, owed £10,212.05 to 98 workers
Kushi Care Ltd, Leicester, owed £9,726.23 to 46 workers
Busy Bee Nursery (Newport-on-Tay) Ltd, trading as Little Beehive Nursery, Fife, owed £9,065.14 to 7 workers
Omega Proteins Ltd, Halifax, owed £8,977.51 to 5 workers
Mr Moo’s Family Butchers Ltd, Billingham, Cleveland, owed £7,371.25 to 4 workers
Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed £6,580.63 to 3 workers
Black Swan (Yorkshire) Ltd trading as The Black Swan Hotel, York, owed £5,836.66 to 10 workers
Michael Holmes, trading as Fitzroy Builders, Newtownards, County Down, owed £5,371.76 to 2 workers
Voyage 1 Ltd, Lichfield, Staffordshire, owed £5,337.73 to 3 workers
Minee Monkeys Ltd (previously Mini Monkeys Ltd), Oldbury, owed £5,209.96 to 1 worker
Haven Care Ltd, Ilford, owed £4,695.89 to 101 workers
Mr Ray Macfarlane, trading as Rays Auto Custom Services, Blackburn, owed £4,396.74 to 2 workers
Catering Academy Ltd, Tamworth, Staffordshire, owed £4,220.48 to 1 worker
A & G Precision & Sons Ltd, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, owed £3,723.24 to 1 worker
Azafran Ltd trading as Bluebird Care (Coleraine), Coleraine, owed £3,707.92 to 67 workers
Woods Hair Ltd, trading as Chapters Hair Design, Witney, Oxfordshire, owed £3,676.87 to 1 worker
Mr Keith Smith & Mrs Lynda Smith, trading as KLS Electrical Contracting, Goole, East Yorkshire, owed £3,619.70 to 1 worker
SPRIM V.P.I Limited, London, SW1V, owed £3,543.44 to 1 worker
Mr Prakas Kitto, trading as Kash’s Off Licence, Spennymoor, County Durham, owed £3,445.88 to 1 worker
Topstaff Employment Ltd, Glasgow, owed £3,355.25 to 20 workers
Playdays Daycare Nursery Ltd, Bolton, owed £3,277.04 to 1 worker
Mr Ben Wilkins and Mr Harry Williamson, trading as BHW Property Solutions, Bedford, owed £2,933.48 to 1 worker
Castle Carpets Ltd, Shrewsbury, owed £2,898.12 to 1 worker
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Limited, Brighton, owed £2,861.64 to 1 worker
KAB Development & Construction Ltd, Sandbach, Cheshire, owed £2,815.51 to 1 worker
Mr Nicholas & Mrs Christina Winstone-Partridge, trading as Wholesale Autoparts, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, owed £2,691.73 to 1 worker
Pine View Care Home Ltd, trading as Royal Manor Nursing Home, Derby, owed £2,620.45 to worker
Silverdale Care Homes Ltd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, owed £2,590.99 to 1 worker
Mrs Margaret Pink, trading as Gems Childcare, Croydon, owed £2,558.80 to 4 workers
UK Education Providers Ltd, Romford, owed £2,494.83 to 2 workers
Ro-Ro Restaurants Ltd, trading as Oldfields Noted Eating House, Durham, owed £2,463.98 to 3 workers
Betterstaff Industrial & Commercial Recruitment Limited, Sidcup, Kent, owed £2,441.92 to 23 workers
Bambinos Ltd, Plymouth, owed £2,381.97 to 58 workers
Prestwood Motors Ltd, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, owed £2,375.00 to 1 worker
G C Motors Ltd, Harrogate, owed £2,328.83 to 2 workers
Flavourfresh Salads Ltd, Southport, Merseyside, owed £2,154.94 to 3 workers
Mr Chi Kin Cheng, trading as The Modern Chinese Takeaway, Derby, owed £2,124.58 to 1 worker
Macdonalds Hotels & Resorts Ltd, Bathgate, West Lothian, owed £2,123.10 to 6 workers
Paper Innovation Ltd, Preston, owed £2,024.82 to 4 workers
Hairstopper Limited, Ayr, owed £2,021.07 to 2 workers
Ms Susanna Ross, trading as Susanna’s Hair & Beauty, Ayr, owed £2,013.22 to 1 worker
Messrs Robert Goodwin & Paul Coxhead, trading as Instant Services (Domestic Appliances), Rochester, Kent, owed £1,978.68 to 1 worker
K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Edinburgh, owed £1,916.61 to 2 workers
The Buck Project Ltd, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, owed £1,915.15 to 1 worker
Philips Hair Salons Ltd, Wakefield, owed £1,904.00 to 4 workers
The Hobbs Hairdressing Partnership Ltd, trading as Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol owed £1,883.90 to 2 workers
Mr Snippers Ltd, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, owed £1,867.54 to 1 worker
Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, owed £1,860.60 to 1 worker
Mr Ronald Archibald Mutton and Mrs Sandra Anne Mutton, trading as A1 Plumbing & Heating, Oxford, owed £1,834.13 to 1 worker
Cheasty Ltd, trading as Papa Johns, Edinburgh, EH8, owed £1,811.33 to 19 workers
Mr Darren Harding & Mrs Amy Harding, trading as The Wheatsheaf, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, owed £1,792.69 to 2 workers
Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, trading as Poppies, Durham, owed £1,772.13 to 23 workers
Mrs Sheena Lyttel, trading as Pamela Clair, Derby, owed, £1,699.01 to 1 worker
AA Dispatch (UK) Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £1,669.41 to 1 worker
Mrs Jeanette Mullen, trading as Fleetcare, Bristol, owed £1,665.38 to 1 worker
Mr Carl Smith, trading as Nottingham & District Gun Club, Oxton, Nottinghamshire, owed £1,635.03 to 2 workers
Gwynedd Electrical Contractors Ltd, Anglesey, owed £1,625.92 to 1 worker
McLeod Hotels Ltd, trading as Beechwood Close Hotel, York, owed £1,526.20 to 13 workers
Small Talk Nurseries Ltd, Birmingham, owed £1,499.30 to 10 workers
Preston Flowers Ltd, Preston, owed £1,493.40 to 1 worker
A1 Independent British 4x4 Specialists Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £1,422.44 to 1 worker
High Peak Hospicecare, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, owed £1,363.13 to 1 worker
Avanti Express Ltd, Hyde, Greater Manchester, owed £1,300.16 to 1 worker
Mr Mark & Mrs Elizabeth Leicester, trading as Yorkshire Chimney Supplies, Harrogate, owed £1,264.76 to 1 worker
Mr Thomas Till and Mrs Pauline Till, trading as Misters of Stafford, owed £1,254.76 to 1 worker
Huddlebuy Ltd, London, EC4V, owed £1,236.88 to 1 worker
Mitie Property Services (UK) Ltd, Bristol, owed £1,226.37 to 1 worker
Airspeed Tyres & Exhaust Ltd, Ipswich, owed £1,198.75 to 1 worker
The Dinner Bell Ltd, trading as The Chequers, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, owed £1,190.68 to 1 workers
Mobile Buddy Ltd, Swansea, owed £1,162.77 to 1 worker
Mrs Rebecca Hodges & Mr Rob Hodges, trading as Flame Hair Studios, Towcester, Northamptonshire, owed £1,146.46 to 2 workers
Miss Olivia Smith, trading as The Cutting Rooms, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, owed £1,132.65 to 1 worker
Crown Care II LLP, North Shields, owed £1,129.74 to 60 workers
Mr Richard Harris and Mrs Myrtle Harris, trading as Honiton Garage, Honiton, Devon, owed £1,121.55 to 1 worker
Universal Care Services (UK) Ltd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, owed £1,085.93 to 7 workers
Sunnybank Day Nursery Ltd, Leeds, owed £1,083.45 to 2 workers
Formby Hall Golf Club Ltd, trading as Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Formby, Merseyside, owed £1,047.00 to 1 worker
Sine Hair & Beauty Salon Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,027.65 to 1 worker
JR’s Hairdressing Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,000.16 to 2 workers
Ms Lorna Bainbridge, trading as Passion 4 Hair and Beauty, Stockton-on-Tees, owed £997.45 to 2 workers
Three Points Limited, Bristol, owed £972.64 to 1 worker
Mrs Rosemary Wight, trading as AJ’S Hair & Beauty Salon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, owed £972.41 to 1 worker
Ryce Limited, Fife, owed £935.96 to 1 worker
Mr Abdul Muslim, trading as Light of India, Oban, Argyll and Bute, owed £927.60 to 1 worker
Sanctuary Home Care Ltd, Worcester, owed £918.65 to 1 worker
Interserve FS (UK) Ltd, Dudley, owed £894.03 to 4 workers
Forest Gate (Corby) Ltd, Corby, Northamptonshire, owed £878.57 to 4 workers
William Priestley Salon Ltd, Halifax, owed £830.69 to 1 worker
SGUK Limited, Wolverhampton, owed £809.66 to 1 worker
Mr Steven Jenkins, trading as Rock Salt Café & Brasserie, Plymouth, owed £779.00 to 2 workers
Edward Marshall LLP, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £776.50 to 1 worker
Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Ltd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, owed £775.12 to 1 worker
Automaster (South Wales) Ltd, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, owed £770.56 to 1 worker
Thomson ID Ltd, trading as Austen Thomson Hair, Edinburgh, owed £759.32 to 1 worker
Mead Medical Services Ltd, trading as Lydiafield Care Home, Annan, owed £741.67 to 13 workers
Ms Sue Newton, trading as Play 2 Learn Day Nursery, Northampton, owed £735.48 to 1 worker
Brick Peers Ltd, Wells, Somerset, owed £735.25 to 1 worker
McKinlays Lettings Crewkerne Ltd, Crewkerne, Somerset, owed £713.18 to 1 worker
Temple Doors Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, owed £674.98 to 1 worker
Mr Harpinder Singh Dhamu, trading as Holloway Dental Practice, London, N7, owed £671.37 to 1 worker
Mr David Curran and Mrs Deborah Curran, trading as Gazeley Stud, Newmarket, Suffolk, owed £646.20 to 1 worker
Devon Dogs Ltd, Okehampton, Devon, owed £638.49 to 1 worker
Legal Claimline Ltd, Manchester, owed £612.49 to 1 worker
Fisher & Donaldson (St Andrews), Cupar, Fife, owed £574.32 to 6 workers
U K P Leisure Club, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £566.62 to 1 worker
Olyness Ltd, trading as The New Westmere Day Nursery, Blackpool, owed £561.96 to 1 worker
Ms Alison Vallance, trading as Vallance Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £547.20 to 1 worker
Murdock Ltd, London, WC2H, owed £546.00 to 1 worker
Krystal Dry Cleaners Ltd, London, SW16, owed £544.46 to 1 worker
Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool, owed £517.88 to 1 worker
Mr Alex Okolidoh & Mrs Victoria Okolidoh, trading as Elite Property Solutions, Norwich, owed £511.20 to 1 worker
Crown Care IV Ltd, North Shields, owed £505.86 to 25 workers
247 Home Rescue Ltd (Named changed to 123 SRS Limited), Accrington, Lancashire, owed £493.05 to 1 worker
Collective Apparel Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, owed £487.34 to 1 worker
Mr Robert Louis Craig, trading as Craigs Courier Services, Falkirk, owed £484.90 to 1 worker
Shiners Property Services Ltd, London, E14, owed £481.36 to 1 worker
Earn Extra 139 Ltd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, owed £453.48 to 1 worker
Morleigh Ltd, trading as Tregertha Court Residential Care Home, Looe, Cornwall, owed £447.98 to 1 worker
Ebina Ltd, trading as Ebi Sushi, Derby, owed £447.97 to 4 workers
Dove’s Nest Ltd, Manchester, owed £439.37 to 19 workers
Zeus Enterprise Ltd, trading as Yieldify, London, EC3R, owed £421.93 to 1 worker
Ms Tina Hamlin, trading as Mad Hatters, Orpington, Kent, owed £418.73 to 3 workers
Elite Complete Property Services Ltd, Plymouth, owed £414.85 to 1 worker
J. Electrical. Services. Ltd., Swansea, owed £410.00 to 1 worker
Toni Saade Ltd, trading as Toni Saade Hair Salon, Newmarket, Suffolk, owe £404.64 to 1 worker
Salim Uddin Khan, trading as Top Tread Tyres, Exhaust & MOT Centre, High Wycombe, owed £402.25 to 1 worker
Music Junkie Ltd, Leicester, owed £396.85 to 1 worker
Mr Kevin Boyd, trading as Billion Hair, Wigan, owed £396.07 to 1 worker
Scope, London, N7, owed £394.28 to 1 worker
Legends (Redditch) Ltd, trading as Legends Hair & Beauty Salon, Worcester owed £393.14 to 3 workers
Suzy Mcs Corporate Catering Ltd, Coventry, owed £392.18 to 1 worker
Simply Auto Enrolment Solutions Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £390.00 to 1 worker
Care and Support Shop Ltd, London, E13, owed £389.74 to 28 workers
Contact Industrial Recruitment Ltd, Urmston, Manchester, owed £378.77 to 64 workers
Mr Stephen Wallace, trading as The Lunatic Fringe, Canterbury, owed £377.48 to 1 worker
Pasture Wood Fisheries Ltd, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, owed £373.95 to 3 workers
Hollywood Plant Services Ltd, Walsall, owed £372.41 to 1 worker
Terracotta Foods Ltd, trading as Freddy’s Chicken & Pizza, Northampton, owed £370.80 to 1 worker
Your Electrical Supplies Services & Solutions (A) Ltd, Normanton, West Yorkshire, owed £369.88 to 2 workers
SLRS Ltd, trading as Stealth Security, Southampton, owed £366.26 to 1 worker
Industrial Medical Agency Ltd, Bradford, owed £365.37 to 1 worker
Le Nantais Bistro (Hove) Ltd, Brighton, owed £362.44 to 1 worker
Trident Design and Build Ltd, Warwick, owed £360.35 to 2 workers
Jackson Dairies Ltd, Stockport, owed £355.90 to 3 workers
Stephen Johnstone & Son Funeral Directors, Chester, owed £347.05 to 1 worker
Motorbody Accident Repair Centre Ltd, Ambleside, Cumbria, owed £338.27 to 1 worker
Beezy Beez Day Nursery Ltd, Leicester, owed £334.26 to 1 worker
Manchester Super Store (Rusholme) Ltd, Manchester, owed £315.50 to 1 worker
Lakhani Holdings Ltd, trading as Munro Pharmacy, London, E13, owed £312.00 to 1 worker
The Personnel People Ltd, Norwich, owed £298.58 to 15 workers
Smart Cool Ltd, Hull, owed £294.71 to 1 worker
Kent Coach Travel Ltd, Sheerness, owed £294.51 to 1 worker
Arcadia Care Ltd, Birmingham, owed, £286.00 to 1 worker
B2B Engage Ltd, Bracknell, owed £282.00 to 1 worker
Sollertia Limited, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, owed £271.95 to 1 worker
Mrs R Goff & Mrs E Butt, trading as Cotswold Equine Training, Burford, Oxfordshire, owed £268.72 to 1 workers
Benkaz Ltd, Shotts, Lanarkshire, owed £266.71 to 1 worker
Kinza Beauty Lounge Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, owed £258.30 to 1 worker
Care 4 U Services (Lincs) Ltd, Lincoln, owed £257.27 to 1 worker
Mr Anthony Shields, trading as 2CV City, Bradford, owed £252.46 to 1 worker
Purple Pig Middlesbrough Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £226.00 to 1 worker
Fury Murry’s (Paisley) Ltd, Paisley, owed £216.14 to 1 worker
Greene King Retail Services Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, owed £211.89 to 1 worker
Consummate Care UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £201.36 to 1 worker
Professional Print Finishing Services Limited, London, N18, owed £198.25 to 1 worker
Supreme (UK) Ltd, Woking, owed £197.41 to 1 worker
Dimples Riverside Day Nursery Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £195.23 to 5 workers
Poundstretcher Ltd, Huddersfield, owed £182.94 to 2 workers
Wood & Co (Leicester) Ltd, Leicester, owed £179.17 to 1 worker
Pomodoro 1 Ltd, Bewdley, Worcestershire, owed £177.64 to 2 workers
Mr Isni Balija, trading as Letchworth Hand Car Wash, Letchworth Garden City, owed £173.33 to 1 worker
Euro Dental Laboratory Services Ltd, Chorley, owed £173.00 to 1 worker
Plum Buffets Ltd, Coventry, owed £156.00 to 1 worker
Safe Night Security Ltd, Sunderland, owed £156.00 to 1 worker
Miss Alison Margaret Smith, trading as AMS Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £150.00 to 2 workers
Food n Tipple Ltd, Bolton, owed £148.28 to 1 worker
Biton System Consultants Ltd, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £145.00 to 1 worker
Shepherdess Café Ltd, London, EC14, owed £141.70 to 1 worker
Beau Visage Beauty Ltd, Manchester, owed £141.00 to 1 worker
Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd, Stevenston, Ayrshire, owed £134.21 to 1 worker
TS Developments Ltd, trading as Imperial Workforce, Darlington, owed £130.30 to 12 workers
Lifeline Homecare Ltd, Frome, Somerset, owed £130.02 to 3 workers
IPizza UK Ltd, trading as IPizza, London, W3, owed £130.00 to 1 worker
Nu U 2 Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £125.57 to 1 worker
Quest Cleaning Services Ltd, Staverton, Wiltshire, owed £125.13 to 1 worker
My Home Choice (Essex) Ltd, trading as Bluebird Care Colchester, Colchester, owed £120.53 to 1 worker
L M Bubble Tea Ltd, trading as Mooboo, Liverpool, owed £117.19 to 1 worker
Newline Care Home Ltd, Bradford, owed £116.31 to 1 worker
Peppermint UK Foods Ltd, trading as Subway, Brentwood, owed £107.20 to 1 worker
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
Micro Fitness Ltd, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, owed £104.93 to 1 worker
Silenster Building Services Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £103.48 to 1 worker