My wife is a teacher in the private sector - certainly not in the Eton realm. Their usp Is being as good value as possible to provide for kids with additional needs not adequately met in the state sector.
She was already notified that she’d likely have a pay freeze for several years if Labour voted in to minimise impact of VAT. With NI also being a big impact she’s now been told to expect an actual pay cut, also cuts to her pension and quite probably changes to her T&c’s to boot. This is all to Minimise the increase being passed on to the kids’ families.
So that’s nice
Sorry to hear that. How does her pay compare to a similar role in a state school?
broadly the same. She’s a teacher. Just because she’s in the private sector doesn’t mean she’s driving to work in a Bentley.
More like the sound bite of cutting teachers’ pay to allow more budget to go to education isn’t a particularly good sound bite. It’s all political spin but the same effect.
Have cogertated over the budget and as a left leaning human I am struggling to see this even remotely as a Labour budget. Employers NI will be an expensive hit on our small business team of 13 (all on significant salaries) we run some Double Cab pickups so no more new ones which will mean we pay money to he government in tax rather hand to a manufacturer/dealer. As a rough estimate of a million pounds turnover including VAT paye, NI both employees and business, corporation tax, tax on dividends, BIK, student loans etc we are close to £400k going to the government. I don't mind the contribution but it all feels a bit miserable. We won't be taking on a new consultant next year as if we did no one in the business would be getting a bonus. I need to keep the team happy they work hard.
Just do a head count in almost any pub. It’s mostly grey/white hair and bald heads
Not round here. In the drinking only pubs its mainly folk in the 20 - 40 age range
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp816jrnynyo
Big retailers threatening job losses as a result of the NI changes
Tesco, Amazon, Greggs, Next, and dozens of other chains are urging the Treasury to reconsider some of the measures
Cry me a river
Tesco: Sales up 4.4% but somehow profit increased by 161% to £2.3 billion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68776913
Amazon: £27bn in UK sales but uses every route possible to avoid tax https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/amazon-uk-pays-corporation-tax-for-first-time-since-2020
Greggs: Record growth, turnover over £2 billion, expected to double that by 2026, profits up 16% https://corporate.greggs.co.uk/news/a-message-from-our-chief-executive-interim-results-2024
Next: £5 billion turnover, profits over £1 billion. 20% profit margin https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24688195.annual-profits-next-top-1bn-first-time/
I get that small retailers will take a hit and should have been protected, and don't have much media clout like the "big boys" above, but if the message is "our shareholders are more important than customers, staff, or supporting the public services which support our workforce" then it's not a good look.
we run some Double Cab pickups so no more new ones
Is that because they're run for tax reasons rather than business need reasons?
