I think it's DISGUSTING that the government has enforced this new National Living Wage rate WITHOUT providing some support to small businesses. Are they brain-dead? Our sales aren't going to magically increase! Our earnings aren't going to magically increase! Where do they expect us to get the extra £90 a month (50p x 45 hours (shared between 3 employees) a week x 4 = £90 a month) from?!
Because of this new enforcement, we (the two owners of a small business) can't afford to give ourselves wages!! That's right - we do MORE work than all our employees combined and we don't get a penny (i.e. a wage) for it because of the new increase in our employees pay rates!
