Business NEWS Aber Falls Whisky Distillery Expands Nationwide nationwide, including Sainsbury’s, ASDA and Morrisons.
Solicitor warns of statutory payment changes
These listings have given Aber Falls its most significant
A range of new statutory payments
presence across the UK since its launch. They are
and limits were introduced in
part of a long-term plan to grow the Welsh whisky
April – including increases in
category while educating retailers and consumers on
the national minimum wage, and
the brand’s history and its vision for the future. Despite
minimum pay specifically for
the challenges businesses have faced over the past
agricultural workers in Wales.
two years, Welsh companies continue to thrive and
John Merry (pictured), head
grow. James Wright, Managing Director at Aber Falls,
of employment law at Lanyon
said: “We’ve developed a successful online business
Bowdler Solicitors, which has
during the last two years, and our whisky is now hitting
offices in Conwy and works with
shelves across supermarkets UK-wide and entering a
businesses across North Wales,
number of international markets – so we’re definitely
says employers need to make sure
focusing on the positives.” The Aber Falls Single Malt
they are aware of the changes.
Welsh Whisky is available at Sainsbury’s, Tesco,
“The National Living Wage has
Morrisons and ASDA at £26.
been increased from £8.91 to £9.50
Aber Falls Whisky Distillery is taking its award-winning Welsh whisky from Abergwyngregyn to grocers
an hour for those aged over 23, with a sliding scale of increases
Stanley & Lottie embraces local collaborations
for those younger than 23 and first year apprentices,” he said. “Here in Wales, the Senedd has implemented a new set of pay rates and allowances for the agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors
Stanley & Lottie is a home-based
which will apply retrospectively
company using its website, social
from 1 April 2022. Alongside these
media, local artisan markets and pop-
changes, statutory maternity,
up shops to reach customers in the
paternity, adoption, shared parental
North Wales community and around
and parental bereavement pay
the UK. This flexible approach allows
increased on 11 April from £151.97
the company to showcase their unique
to £156.66 per week. Compensation
and varied collection of contemporary
limits have also changed - for
and affordable homeware and gifts in a number of settings. An excellent customer
dismissals effective from 6 April,
experience and personal service is key to Stanley & Lottie, and as a result they
the cap on the value of a week’s
offer free gift wrapping and local home delivery services. Quality is also hugely
pay for certain statutory purposes,
important, and Stanley & Lottie spends time making sure that they are offering a
such as calculating statutory
quality product at an affordable price. In addition, their collaborations with other
redundancy pay and basic awards
local small businesses also means that they are helping to contribute to the local
of compensation, has increased
economy as well as reducing their carbon footprint.
from £544 to £571.”
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