 British companies are boosting salaries on offer for new hires, even as they recruit fewer people. Pay data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation shows starting wages increased at the fastest rate in eight months in June. The figures add to the evidence that labour shortages and the minimum wage increase are keeping pay inflation elevated, which may trouble policymakers at the Bank of England. However, a British Chambers of Commerce survey shows less than half of companies are now worried about inflation.