Almost 200 employers who failed to pay their workers the legal minimum have been publicly named, Business Minister Margot James announced today (11 August 2016).

Between them, the 197 companies named owed £465,291 in arrears, across a range of employers including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers. All of the money owed to these workers has been paid back to them.

Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 687 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than £3.5 million.

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.

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.

The National Living Wage will be enforced equally robustly alongside the National Minimum Wage.

The 197 employers named today (11 August 2016) 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, Hemsley, Yorkshire, 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 Homes Ltd, trading as Royal Manor Nursing Home, Derby, owed £2,620.45 to 1 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 Limited, 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 Leicester & 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 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 M. 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 Ruth Elizabeth Goff & Mrs Enid Elizabeth Butt, trading as Cotswold Equine Training, Burford, Oxfordshire, owed £268.72 to 1 worker 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

The naming and shaming scheme was revised in October 2013 to make it simpler to name and shame employers that do not comply with minimum wage rules. The 197 cases named today (11 August 2016) were thoroughly investigated by HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ).

Businesses or employees who would like to find out more about the National Minimum Wage should visit www.acas.org.uk/nmw.

Notes to editors

1.Employers have a duty to be aware of the different legal rates for the National Minimum Wage. 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 apprentice rate applies to apprentices aged 16 to 18 years and those aged 19 years and over who are in their first year. All other apprentices are entitled to the National Minimum Wage rate for their age.

2.The government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) scheme to name employers who break minimum wage law came into effect on 1 January 2011. The scheme is one of a range of tools at the government’s disposal to tackle this issue. Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay back arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to £20,000 per worker. In the most serious cases employers can be prosecuted.

3.From 1 October 2013 the government revised the naming scheme to make it simpler to name and shame employers who break the law. Under this scheme the government will name all employers that have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment ( NoU ) unless employers meet one of the exceptional criteria or have arrears of £100 or less. All 197 cases named today (11 August 2016) failed to pay the National Minimum Wage and owed arrears of at least £100.

4.Employers have 28 days to appeal to HMRC against the NoU (this notice sets out the owed wages to be paid by the employer together with the penalty for not complying with minimum wage law). If the employer does not appeal or unsuccessfully appeals against this NoU , BEIS will consider them for naming. The employer then has 14 days to make representations to BEIS outlining whether they meet any of the exceptional criteria:

naming by BEIS carries a risk of personal harm to an individual or their family

carries a risk of personal harm to an individual or their family there are national security risks associated with naming in this instance

other factors which suggest that it would not be in the public interest to name the employer

If BEIS does not receive any representations or the representations received are unsuccessful, the employer will be named via a BEIS press release under this scheme.

5.For further advice on the National Minimum Wage, contact Acas

6.On 1 April 2016 the government’s new National Living Wage became law. Workers aged 25 years or over who are not in the first year of an apprenticeship are legally entitled to at least £7.20 per hour. Employers will be responsible for ensuring they are paying their staff correctly. The National Living Wage will be enforced in the same way as the current National Minimum Wage.