East Dulwich Picturehouse

[Jon Barrenechea]

We'll do the quality mainstream films (ie Gravity, Skyfall) and leave the less quality ones to our competitors!

[jimbo1964]

Plans look fab. Hopefully you'll be open in time for the next Hobbit movie.

[ianr]

Some early Godard would make a nice accompaniment to the new y?-y? joint down the road.

[Jon Barrenechea]

Thanks Jimbo!

[Jon Barrenechea]

Breathless or Weekend?

[jimbo1964]

[KidKruger]

Whatever happened to Saturday morning matinees ?

[david_carnell]

Will you be paying your staff the London Living Wage?

[maxxi]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Will you be paying your staff the London Living

> Wage?

No but they will be screening a grainy documentary about their plight.

[charlesfare]

ianr Wrote:

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> Some early Godard would make a nice accompaniment

> to the new y?-y? joint down the road.

Where's this?

[LD929]

I am really very excited about this!

[cle]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Will you be paying your staff the London Living

> Wage?

Is this group confirmed to not do so? I notice that Mr Social Media Engagement has swerved this twice now.

Definitely has a bearing on whether or not I'll use them (or the Ritzy again).

[BrandNewGuy]

Or any other local shop or business that doesn't pay the London Living Wage?

[Zebedee Tring]

Then I suppose that you will have to give up going to the cinema, cle, because I would bet that few, if any, cinema owners pay the living wage.

For heaven's sake, lets be positive - we stand a damn good chance of getting a cinema in ED. To quote (ironically) the late Mrs T - rejoice!

[worldwiser]

We've already done this argument to death on another thread. No cinema pays the LL. Hardly any London businesses do, only around 300 at the last count. Unless you're going to grow all your own food and never go out again, realise that this is a highly complicated issue not helped by unilateral statements that get us nowhere.

[Mellors]

I wonder if Peckham Plex pay the LLW?

[Zebedee Tring]

Indeed, am I correct in saying that Picture House intend to introduce the LLW in the near future? If so, this would put them way ahead of most other London employers.

[cle]

It's not an independent business like a deli, which I'd expect to use low wages, kids, relatives etc - it's a successful chain operating in affluent areas. I would happily avoid such chains not paying the LLW if I had the list.

Peckham Plex is a different beast entirely.

[BrandNewGuy]

I work for an independent business and we pay (more than) the London Living Wage. Why do you think small businesses should be exempt? And what about 'unsuccessful' chains?

[Dopamine1979]

maxxi Wrote:

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> david_carnell Wrote:

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> > Will you be paying your staff the London Living

> > Wage?

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> No but they will be screening a grainy documentary

> about their plight.

:)

[cle]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> I work for an independent business and we pay

> (more than) the London Living Wage. Why do you

> think small businesses should be exempt? And what

> about 'unsuccessful' chains?

I don't think they 'should' be, but I'm realistic about the struggles of running a small, independent business - retail or F&B.

[BrandNewGuy]

But not all small businesses are struggling, just as not all 'chains' are wallowing in cash. It would be interesting to know what percentage of those earning below the LLW are working for small businesses.

[Otta]

I want people to earn enough money to live on, but isn't the answer to address the cost of living in London rather than the wages paid?

This should be on another thread really, leave this one to the cinema.

[DaveR]

"Hardly any London businesses do, only around 300 at the last count."

300 is, I think, the number of employers formally accredited. The GLA report reveals that 88% of full time workers in London are paid the LLW or more, but that falls to just over 50% for part time workers.

I think the idea of calculating and publishing a LLW is a good one, because it puts forward a more realistic view of London living costs than the NMW, and is a good aspirational target for employers. But a single figure based on living costs across all types of households, and which is heavily skewed by the impact of benefits, is always going to be slightly arbitrary when applied to a specific job in a specific place. Consequently it's a bit foolish IMHO to treat it as a gold standard to judge the ethics of businesses.

[Zebedee Tring]

For heaven's sake, please talk about the cinema on this thread. If you want to debate the LLW (which has in any case been debated at length already), please do so on another thread, possibly in The Lounge.