A North East marketing group has given its entire workforce a £1,500 payout to help them cope with the rising cost of living.
Newcastle-based marketing, media and PR company N21 Group, which operates the Silverbean, Ortus and North marketing agencies, has given all 110 workers the annual rise after seeing inflation hit its highest level in 30 years in March.
The firm said the issue of rising costs, which has seen the cost of living increase by 7% in the last year, was discussed by staff and fed back to bosses, who then worked out how they could help.
