Two Nottingham companies which in total failed to pay more than £300,000 to their employees have been named. The Department for Business and Trade on Wednesday, June 21, "named and shamed" two businesses based in the city after they did not pay staff the legal minimum wage, which is £10.42 per hour for people older than 23-years-old.
The employers previously underpaid workers by either deducting pay from workers’ wages, failing to pay workers correctly for their working time, or paying the incorrect apprenticeship rate. Buzz Group Limited, which runs a nationwide network of Bingo clubs, had the fifth highest underpayment to staff out of of 202 employers named across the UK.The business, which is based on Castle Marina Road, was listed as coming to a voluntary arrangement in 2020 after failing to pay £319,297.
Eunoia Enterprises Limited, a company which according to Companies House sells food, beverages, tobacco and fuel, was the only other Nottinghamshire company on the list. Based on Plantation Side, Hyson Green the firm failed to pay £2,798.84 to 31 workers.