One Minima to Rule them All

[P Prentice]

First you need enough staff so that you can pack out your workforces with the quality ones? There aren't enough staff kicking around at the moment anyway, and I haven't noticed anyone rushing to pay more to employ their services.

Basic business sense to put the wages up, then the 10% or whatever that the archaeological contractor creams off the top ('overheads') goes up too, however no one seems to have told the clients who actually provide the cash

clients have nothing to do with it, consultants have nothing to do with it either.
if you paid 12% more than next door do, you would get their quality staff soon enough and they would be left with the dross - you should know that