Almost 200 employers who failed to pay workers the legal minimum have been publicly named, including Bury St Edmunds-based Greene King, with the Suffolk pubco owing £211.89 to one worker.
Between them, the 198 companies named owed £466,219 in arrears, across a range of employers including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers. All of the money owed to workers has now been paid back to them.
Arrears total £3.5m
Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 688 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than £3.5m.
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 and that includes naming and shaming them.”
'Pay rise' for many
The national living wage for workers aged 25 and over was introduced in April this year, which has meant a pay rise of more than £900-a-year for someone previously working full time on the national minimum wage. For workers under the age of 25, the national minimum wage still applies.
It is an employer’s responsibility to be aware of the different minimum wage rates depending on the circumstances of their workers – and to make sure all eligible workers are paid at least the minimum rate they are entitled to.
Shamed
The 198 employers named were:
- 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 to 122 workers
- TM West Plumbing Services Ltd, Leeds, owed £12,617.76 to two workers
- Mr Ronald McConnachie, trading as Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Renfrewshire, owed £12,527.97 to three 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 seven workers
- Omega Proteins Ltd, Halifax, owed £8,977.51 to five workers
- Mr Moo's Family Butchers Ltd, Billingham, Cleveland, owed £7,371.25 to four workers
- Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed £6,580.63 to three 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 two workers
- Voyage 1 Ltd, Lichfield, Staffordshire, owed £5,337.73 to three workers
- Minee Monkeys Ltd (previously Mini Monkeys Ltd), Oldbury, owed £5,209.96 to one 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 two workers
- Catering Academy Ltd, Tamworth, Staffordshire, owed £4,220.48 to one worker
- A&G Precision & Sons Ltd, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, owed £3,723.24 to one 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 one worker
- Mr Keith Smith & Mrs Lynda Smith, trading as KLS Electrical Contracting, Goole, East Yorkshire, owed £3,619.70 to one worker
- SPRIM V.P.I Limited, London, SW1V, owed £3,543.44 to one worker
- Mr Prakas Kitto, trading as Kash's Off Licence, Spennymoor, County Durham, owed £3,445.88 to one worker
- Topstaff Employment Ltd, Glasgow, owed £3,355.25 to 20 workers
- Playdays Daycare Nursery Ltd, Bolton, owed £3,277.04 to one worker
- Mr Ben Wilkins and Mr Harry Williamson, trading as BHW Property Solutions, Bedford, owed £2,933.48 to one worker
- Castle Carpets Ltd, Shrewsbury, owed £2,898.12 to one worker
- Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Limited, Brighton, owed £2,861.64 to one worker
- KAB Development & Construction Ltd, Sandbach, Cheshire, owed £2,815.51 to one worker
- Mr Nicholas & Mrs Christina Winstone-Partridge, trading as Wholesale Autoparts, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, owed £2,691.73 to one 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 one worker
- Mrs Margaret Pink, trading as Gems Childcare, Croydon, owed £2,558.80 to four workers
- UK Education Providers Ltd, Romford, owed £2,494.83 to two workers
- Ro-Ro Restaurants Ltd, trading as Oldfields Noted Eating House, Durham, owed £2,463.98 to three 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 to one worker
- G C Motors Ltd, Harrogate, owed £2,328.83 to two workers
- Flavourfresh Salads Ltd, Southport, Merseyside, owed £2,154.94 to three workers
- Mr Chi Kin Cheng, trading as The Modern Chinese Takeaway, Derby, owed £2,124.58 to one worker
- Macdonalds Hotels & Resorts Ltd, Bathgate, West Lothian, owed £2,123.10 to six workers
- Paper Innovation Ltd, Preston, owed £2,024.82 to four workers
- Hairstopper Limited, Ayr, owed £2,021.07 to two workers
- Ms Susanna Ross, trading as Susanna's Hair & Beauty, Ayr, owed £2,013.22 to one worker
- Messrs Robert Goodwin & Paul Coxhead, trading as Instant Services (Domestic Appliances), Rochester, Kent, owed £1,978.68 to one worker
- K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Edinburgh, owed £1,916.61 to two workers
- The Buck Project Ltd, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, owed £1,915.15 to one worker
- Philips Hair Salons Ltd, Wakefield, owed £1,904 to four workers
- The Hobbs Hairdressing Partnership Ltd, trading as Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol owed £1,883.90 to two workers
- Mr Snippers Ltd, King's Lynn, Norfolk, owed £1,867.54 to one worker
- Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, owed £1,860.60 to one worker
- Mr Ronald Archibald Mutton and Mrs Sandra Anne Mutton, trading as A1 Plumbing & Heating, Oxford, owed £1,834.13 to one 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 two 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 one worker
- AA Dispatch (UK) Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £1,669.41 to one worker
- Mrs Jeanette Mullen, trading as Fleetcare, Bristol, owed £1,665.38 to one worker
- Mr Carl Smith, trading as Nottingham & District Gun Club, Oxton, Nottinghamshire, owed £1,635.03 to two workers
- Gwynedd Electrical Contractors Ltd, Anglesey, owed £1,625.92 to one 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 one worker
- A1 Independent British 4x4 Specialists Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £1,422.44 to one worker
- High Peak Hospicecare, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, owed £1,363.13 to one worker
- Avanti Express Ltd, Hyde, Greater Manchester, owed £1,300.16 to one worker
- Mr Mark & Mrs Elizabeth Leicester, trading as Yorkshire Chimney Supplies, Harrogate, owed £1,264.76 to one worker
- Mr Thomas Till and Mrs Pauline Till, trading as Misters of Stafford, owed £1,254.76 to one worker
- Huddlebuy Ltd, London, EC4V, owed £1,236.88 to one worker
- Mitie Property Services (UK) Ltd, Bristol, owed £1,226.37 to one worker
- Airspeed Tyres & Exhaust Ltd, Ipswich, owed £1,198.75 to one worker
- The Dinner Bell Ltd, trading as The Chequers, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, owed £1,190.68 to one worker
- Mobile Buddy Ltd, Swansea, owed £1,162.77 to one worker
- Mrs Rebecca Hodges & Mr Rob Hodges, trading as Flame Hair Studios, Towcester, Northamptonshire, owed £1,146.46 to two workers
- Miss Olivia Smith, trading as The Cutting Rooms, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, owed £1,132.65 to one 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 one worker
- Universal Care Services (UK) Ltd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, owed £1,085.93 to seven workers
- Sunnybank Day Nursery Ltd, Leeds, owed £1,083.45 to two workers
- Formby Hall Golf Club Ltd, trading as Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Formby, Merseyside, owed £1,047 to one worker
- Sine Hair & Beauty Salon Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,027.65 to one worker
- JR's Hairdressing Ltd, Glasgow, owed £1,000.16 to two workers
- Ms Lorna Bainbridge, trading as Passion 4 Hair and Beauty, Stockton-on-Tees, owed £997.45 to two workers
- Three Points Limited, Bristol, owed £972.64 to one worker
- Mrs Rosemary Wight, trading as AJ'S Hair & Beauty Salon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, owed £972.41 to one worker
- Ryce Limited, Fife, owed £935.96 to one worker
- Mr Abdul Muslim, trading as Light of India, Oban, Argyll and Bute, owed £927.60 to one worker
- Sanctuary Home Care Ltd, Worcester, owed £918.65 to one worker
- Interserve FS (UK) Ltd, Dudley, owed £894.03 to four workers
- Forest Gate (Corby) Ltd, Corby, Northamptonshire, owed £878.57 to four workers
- William Priestley Salon Ltd, Halifax, owed £830.69 to one worker
- SGUK Limited, Wolverhampton, owed £809.66 to one worker
- Mr Steven Jenkins, trading as Rock Salt Café & Brasserie, Plymouth, owed £779 to two workers
- Edward Marshall LLP, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £776.50 to one worker
- Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Ltd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, owed £775.12 to one worker
- Automaster (South Wales) Ltd, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, owed £770.56 to one worker
- Thomson ID Ltd, trading as Austen Thomson Hair, Edinburgh, owed £759.32 to one 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 one worker
- Brick Peers Ltd, Wells, Somerset, owed £735.25 to one worker
- McKinlays Lettings Crewkerne Ltd, Crewkerne, Somerset, owed £713.18 to one worker
- Temple Doors Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, owed £674.98 to one worker
- Mr Harpinder Singh Dhamu, trading as Holloway Dental Practice, London, N7, owed £671.37 to one worker
- Mr David Curran and Mrs Deborah Curran, trading as Gazeley Stud, Newmarket, Suffolk, owed £646.20 to one worker
- Devon Dogs Ltd, Okehampton, Devon, owed £638.49 to one worker
- Legal Claimline Ltd, Manchester, owed £612.49 to one worker
- Fisher & Donaldson (St Andrews), Cupar, Fife, owed £574.32 to six workers
- U K P Leisure Club, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £566.62 to one worker
- Olyness Ltd, trading as The New Westmere Day Nursery, Blackpool, owed £561.96 to one worker
- Ms Alison Vallance, trading as Vallance Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £547.20 to one worker
- Murdock Ltd, London, WC2H, owed £546 to one worker
- Krystal Dry Cleaners Ltd, London, SW16, owed £544.46 to one worker
- Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool, owed £517.88 to one worker
- Mr Alex Okolidoh & Mrs Victoria Okolidoh, trading as Elite Property Solutions, Norwich, owed £511.20 to one 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 one worker
- Collective Apparel Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, owed £487.34 to one worker
- Mr Robert Louis Craig, trading as Craigs Courier Services, Falkirk, owed £484.90 to one worker
- Shiners Property Services Ltd, London, E14, owed £481.36 to one worker
- Earn Extra 139 Ltd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, owed £453.48 to one worker
- Morleigh Ltd, trading as Tregertha Court Residential Care Home, Looe, Cornwall, owed £447.98 to one worker
- Ebina Ltd, trading as Ebi Sushi, Derby, owed £447.97 to four workers
- Dove's Nest Ltd, Manchester, owed £439.37 to 19 workers
- Zeus Enterprise Ltd, trading as Yieldify, London, EC3R, owed £421.93 to one worker
- Ms Tina Hamlin, trading as Mad Hatters, Orpington, Kent, owed £418.73 to three workers
- Elite Complete Property Services Ltd, Plymouth, owed £414.85 to one worker
- M. J. Electrical. Services. Ltd., Swansea, owed £410 to one worker
- Toni Saade Ltd, trading as Toni Saade Hair Salon, Newmarket, Suffolk, owe £404.64 to one worker
- Salim Uddin Khan, trading as Top Tread Tyres, Exhaust & MOT Centre, High Wycombe, owed £402.25 to one worker
- Music Junkie Ltd, Leicester, owed £396.85 to one worker
- Mr Kevin Boyd, trading as Billion Hair, Wigan, owed £396.07 to one worker
- Scope, London, N7, owed £394.28 to one worker
- Legends (Redditch) Ltd, trading as Legends Hair & Beauty Salon, Worcester owed £393.14 to three workers
- Suzy Mcs Corporate Catering Ltd, Coventry, owed £392.18 to one worker
- Simply Auto Enrolment Solutions Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed £390.00 to one 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 one worker
- Pasture Wood Fisheries Ltd, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, owed £373.95 to three workers
- Hollywood Plant Services Ltd, Walsall, owed £372.41 to one worker
- Terracotta Foods Ltd, trading as Freddy's Chicken & Pizza, Northampton, owed £370.80 to one worker
- Your Electrical Supplies Services & Solutions (A) Ltd, Normanton, West Yorkshire, owed £369.88 to two workers
- SLRS Ltd, trading as Stealth Security, Southampton, owed £366.26 to one worker
- Industrial Medical Agency Ltd, Bradford, owed £365.37 to one worker
- Le Nantais Bistro (Hove) Ltd, Brighton, owed £362.44 to one worker
- Trident Design and Build Ltd, Warwick, owed £360.35 to two workers
- Jackson Dairies Ltd, Stockport, owed £355.90 to three workers
- Stephen Johnstone & Son Funeral Directors, Chester, owed £347.05 to one worker
- Motorbody Accident Repair Centre Ltd, Ambleside, Cumbria, owed £338.27 to one worker
- Beezy Beez Day Nursery Ltd, Leicester, owed £334.26 to one worker
- Manchester Super Store (Rusholme) Ltd, Manchester, owed £315.50 to one worker
- Lakhani Holdings Ltd, trading as Munro Pharmacy, London, E13, owed £312 to one worker
- The Personnel People Ltd, Norwich, owed £298.58 to 15 workers
- Smart Cool Ltd, Hull, owed £294.71 to one worker
- Kent Coach Travel Ltd, Sheerness, owed £294.51 to one worker
- Arcadia Care Ltd, Birmingham, owed, £286 to one worker
- B2B Engage Ltd, Bracknell, owed £282 to one worker
- Sollertia Limited, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, owed £271.95 to one worker
- Mrs R Goff & Mrs E Butt, trading as Cotswold Equine Training, Burford, Oxfordshire, owed £268.72 to one worker
- Benkaz Ltd, Shotts, Lanarkshire, owed £266.71 to one worker
- Kinza Beauty Lounge Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, owed £258.30 to one worker
- Care 4 U Services (Lincs) Ltd, Lincoln, owed £257.27 to one worker
- Mr Anthony Shields, trading as 2CV City, Bradford, owed £252.46 to one worker
- Purple Pig Middlesbrough Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £226.00 to one worker
- Fury Murry’s (Paisley) Ltd, Paisley, owed £216.14 to one worker
- Greene King Retail Services Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, owed £211.89 to one worker
- Consummate Care UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £201.36 to one worker
- Professional Print Finishing Services Limited, London, N18, owed £198.25 to one worker
- Supreme (UK) Ltd, Woking, owed £197.41 to one worker
- Dimples Riverside Day Nursery Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed £195.23 to five workers
- Poundstretcher Ltd, Huddersfield, owed £182.94 to two workers
- Wood & Co (Leicester) Ltd, Leicester, owed £179.17 to one worker
- Pomodoro 1 Ltd, Bewdley, Worcestershire, owed £177.64 to two workers
- Mr Isni Balija, trading as Letchworth Hand Car Wash, Letchworth Garden City, owed £173.33 to one worker
- Euro Dental Laboratory Services Ltd, Chorley, owed £173 to one worker
- Plum Buffets Ltd, Coventry, owed £156 to one worker
- Safe Night Security Ltd, Sunderland, owed £156 to one worker
- Miss Alison Margaret Smith, trading as AMS Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed £150 to two workers
- Food n Tipple Ltd, Bolton, owed £148.28 to one worker
- Biton System Consultants Ltd, Chelmsford, Essex, owed £145 to one worker
- Shepherdess Café Ltd, London, EC14, owed £141.70 to one worker
- Beau Visage Beauty Ltd, Manchester, owed £141 to one worker
- Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd, Stevenston, Ayrshire, owed £134.21 to one worker
- TS Developments Ltd, trading as Imperial Workforce, Darlington, owed £130.30 to 12 workers
- Lifeline Homecare Ltd, Frome, Somerset, owed £130.02 to three workers
- IPizza UK Ltd, trading as IPizza, London, W3, owed £130 to one worker
- Nu U 2 Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed £125.57 to one worker
- Quest Cleaning Services Ltd, Staverton, Wiltshire, owed £125.13 to one worker
- My Home Choice (Essex) Ltd, trading as Bluebird Care Colchester, Colchester, owed £120.53 to one worker
- L M Bubble Tea Ltd, trading as Mooboo, Liverpool, owed £117.19 to one worker
- Newline Care Home Ltd, Bradford, owed £116.31 to one worker
- Peppermint UK Foods Ltd, trading as Subway, Brentwood, owed £107.20 to one 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 one worker
- Micro Fitness Ltd, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, owed £104.93 to one worker
- Silenster Building Services Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed £103.48 to one worker