On 19 March 2026, the UK Government named three businesses based in Telford, Shropshire, for failing to pay their staff the legal minimum wage. The local firms were found to have underpaid a total of 48 workers by more than £15,900.
Infoteam International Services Limited, a distribution company based in Halesfield, failed to pay £7,648.61 to 33 of its workers. Global Minds Limited, an IT consultancy in the TF3 area, underpaid one worker by £4,461.60.
The third local business, Precision Colour Printing Limited, failed to pay £3,796.48 to 14 members of staff. This printing business, located in the TF7 area, was purchased in 2024 by an investment firm called Hypax which has offices in both London and Berlin.
These Telford companies were part of a larger list of 389 employers across the country that failed to follow minimum wage laws for around 60,000 workers. Nationally, the government has recovered more than £7.3 million in unpaid wages and issued fines totalling £12.6 million to the businesses involved.
This update comes just before the National Living Wage is set to increase on 1 April 2026, which will bring the hourly rate to £12.71 for workers aged 21 and over. A new enforcement body called the Fair Work Agency is also due to launch on 7 April 2026 to help make sure employers across the country follow these rules.
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