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New rules requiring companies to disclose the gap between their CEO's pay and that of their average worker have been published for Parliamentary approval After a long campaign by organisations including the High Pay Centre,…

In common with other organisations across the European Union, we are updating our privacy statement in line with the General Data Protection Regulation As of May 2018, new legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation, comes…

Article by HPC Director Luke Hildyard for Left Foot Forward (This article originally appeared on Left Foot Forward) While it hasn’t attracted much attention compared to racier subjects like Brexit or the Royal Wedding, one…

Exciting news - after Easter our former colleague Luke Hildyard will be returning to take over as director from Stefan Stern, who is stepping down after two and a half years I am delighted to…

Here is the text of the speech given by Chuka Umunna MP at our event held at the IoD on Feb 8th 2018

We are delighted that Chuka Umunna has chosen to share his thoughts on "The Progressive Case for Business" on Feb 8th from 8am Chuka Umunna MP to speak at Institute of Directors, Thursday 8th February…

On Thursday Jan 4th, the typical FTSE100 chief executive will already have "earned" what it will take the average UK employee all year to earn Thursday 4th January 2018 is “Fat Cat” Thursday. In just…

A welcome and necessary tightening up - and sharpening up - of the combined code. Businesses will have to take note and act The High Pay Centre welcomes the FRC's proposed reforms to the combined…

To attend please email info@highpaycentre.org We are delighted that the Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, new leader of the Liberal Democrats and former secretary of state for business, will give our second Gavron Memorial…

Good news - Sir Vince will speak at the IoD's Pall Mall HQ in late November at our second Gavron Memorial Lecture SIR VINCE CABLE TO GIVE SECOND GAVRON MEMORIAL LECTURE, MONDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2017…

It has been an interesting summer... Last week we finally heard back from the government on its plans for further corporate governance reform. The deadline for responses to the government's original green paper was in…

As the pressure mounts on universities to explain excessive vice-chancellor salaries, the Committee of University Chairs' (CUC) response has been revealed. The text of a recent email is published here. From: CUC SecretaryDate: 21 August…