Nicola Sturgeon hands Scottish NHS staff 4% salary rise with ‘immediate’ effect

Nicola Sturgeon hands Scottish NHS staff 4% salary rise with ‘immediate’ effect – on top of health workers’ £500 bonus for working during pandemic Pay rise to benefit around 154,000 employees covered by ‘Agenda for Change’ If NHS England maintain current position, Scottish staff will be much better off  Nicola Sturgeon offering pay rise as … Read more

Judge Judy talks cancel culture, Derek Chauvin trial and how she negotiated $47million salary

Judge Judy is giving her verdict on cancel culture, the Derek Chauvin trial, being the highest-paid host on television and how she negotiated her staggering salary in a new interview to promote her next project Judy Justice for IMDb TV. The former family court judge, real name Judy Sheindlin, taped the last episode of her … Read more

Would you benefit from a salary advance scheme or could it get you into more debt?

With many people facing financial difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, some could be tempted to turn to a growing breed of providers who offer the chance to access pay early. Salary advance schemes let users take a portion of their wages before their payday to help them if they are caught short … Read more

Octopus launches new electric car ‘salary sacrifice’ scheme

Octopus Electric Vehicles has revealed a new 100 per cent electric car leasing service for businesses looking to become more environmentally friendly. The scheme, called Electric Dreams, uses a system known as ‘salary sacrifice’ which allows staff to pay for a new electric vehicle out of their gross salary, potentially saving them thousands of pounds … Read more

Sharon Stone reveals she paid Leonardo DiCaprio’s salary for the film The Quick And The Dead HERSELF

She’s dropped some fascinating bombshells in her newly published book, and also shared an enlightening passage about Hollywood film production. In her new memoir The Beauty Of Living Twice, actress Sharon Stone recounts the making of her 90s western The Quick And The Dead, and what it took for her to convince the studio behind … Read more

Homes now cost 7 times salary on average, and women experience ‘gender home buying gap’

Property prices in England are now seven times the local salary on average, as house price inflation appears to be outgrowing wages.  The typical house costs more than seven times the median annual salary of £31,596, but in some parts of London and the South East the multiple is much higher, reaching up to 27 … Read more