Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2025
US consumer sentiment falls as tariffs drive up inflation fears; Number of UK billionaires drops – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025
Nearly half of Smith & Nephew investors revolt against CEO pay rise Medical device manufacturer’s policy ultimately passed, making maximum payout for Deepak Nath $11.8m The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024
When £17m isn’t enough: FTSE firms plead to pay bosses millions more Confronted by the huge salaries on offer in the US, London boardrooms are lobbying to be allowed to make their own bosses even wealthier The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024
Top UK CEOs handed 16% pay rise as millions of workers squeezed – as it happened Data from the High Pay Centre thinktank showed FTSE 100 bosses collected an average £500,000 pay rise last year, taking their median pay to £3.9m The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
Fat cat bosses enjoy £500m pay rise as CEO salaries soar during cost of living crisis Britain now ‘land of grotesque extremes’, say unions as wage gap widens The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023
Pay for top bosses jumps 16% as wider wages behind inflation – think tank Median pay for a FTSE 100 CEO increased from £3.41 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, the High Pay Centre said. The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’ High Pay Centre data suggested that FTSE 100 company chiefs would have earned an average of £33,000 by 2pm. The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023
Meet Britain's 10 highest paid fat cats who pocketed more than £100m last year That means they are now getting 109 times more in their wage slips than the typical British worker - up from 79 times in the previous year Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty join UK rich list with combined £730m fortune Chancellor becomes first frontline politician in Sunday Times rankings – days after telling people ‘next few months will be tough’ The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022