Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

MINIMUM WAGE - These companies have been found to be paying workers below the National Minimum Wage.  Following investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, a total of £2.1 million was found to be owed to over 34,000 workers. The breache...

A LEVELS - As A Level Results Day is tomorrow, students across the UK will soon begin planning for university life.  However, for those with kids, the task of juggling childcare with full time education can be especially daunting....

CONTACTS - Want to contact a Jobcentre Contact your nearest Jobcentre Plus If you want to contact your nearest office, you can find their details using the local office search. You can write to your nearest office by using their address from the...

KICKSTART - New figures show that of the 250,000 jobs the Chancellor promised would be created by the Kickstart scheme across the UK, only 1.5% have been started in Scotland since it launched ten months ago.   Based on population share...

RADIO APPEARANCE - ABC Founder Simon Collyer was on ‘City Talk’ Chelmsford Community Radio, last night with Nita Jhummu. We managed to get locked out of the studio in Moulsham Mill, ( a late start) but luckily a man was on hand (me) who eventually op...

UC UPLIFT- Communities Minister Hargey urges DWP to retain £20 UC uplift. Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has urged the Westminster government to retain the £20 uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits. In a letter to Thérèse Coffe...

RADIO APPEARANCE - To celebrate the start of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nita will be joined on City Talk tonight by Essex Area Ambassador and founder of abcorg.net, Simon Collyer, who will help us look forward to the exciting sports events that...

UNION ACTION - Unite Community Members Led Day of Action on Universal Credit 14th July 2021. Unite Community are having a members led national day of Action on Wednesday 14th July 2021 with local actions & street stalls in the community and a sum...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT PROPOSED CUT - The Northern Research Group (NRG) is a group founded by several Conservative MPs in the United Kingdom candidates elected to represent constituencies in northern England, Wales, and the Scottish borders in the 2019 gen...

YOUNG CARERS -  A new report has found that young carers in Scotland are being pushed into poverty and Tory plans to cut Universal Credit could push them even further. The University of the West of Scotland-Oxfam report praised the Scottish...