LIVING WAGE
Rewarding
fair pay
“I have done low-paid retail
jobs in the past so I know what
it’s like to struggle,” said Keith
Dowling, co-owner of one of
the first businesses to benefit
from the council’s scheme to
encourage local firms to pay
their employees at least the
London Living Wage.
P
ost and Packing in Churchfield Road,
Acton, is accredited as a London Living
Wage employer, and Mr Dowling said:
“I think it is so important. I worked my
way up and I believe strongly in fair pay.”
Up to £2,000 in business rate relief was made
available by the council for each of the
first 100 local businesses to sign
up to become an accredited
London Living Wage
employer: Something
the council did itself in
2013. At the time of
Around Ealing going
to press, firms were
still signing up.
The London Living
Wage is calculated
according to the basic
Mr Dowling’s London Living
cost of living in the capital
Wage certificate
– currently at £9.40 an hour,
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around ealing
Summer 2016
Keith Dowling of Post and Packing: “I think it is so important.”