PAY AND BENEFITS - Pay reports - Paper and board industry deal increases wages by 2.69% . Flat-rate increases for vehicle building and repair industry . 3% for manuals at Perkins Engines, Peterborough . 3.45% average merit awards at Barclays Bank . All-merit rises at Abbey National . 2.5% rise for Scottish farmworkers . 4.8% overall increase at Office for National Statistics