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From Conflict to Collaboration: Rethinking Union-Management Relations EventsPast Event

29.04.25

From Conflict to Collaboration: Rethinking Union-Management Relations

How unions & management can work together to navigate change, tackle inequality & build fairer workplaces in a shifting world of work. (Online webinar, 12:00-13:00, Monday 19 May)

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Report Launch: A Charter for Fair Pay EventsPast Event

08.11.24

Report Launch: A Charter for Fair Pay

A panel discussion on how employment rights and corporate governance reform can help the government to boost pay and productivity and reduce inequality (12:30-14:00, Tuesday 26 November)

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Vassal State: How America runs Britain EventsPast Event

21.10.24

Vassal State: How America runs Britain

Author Angus Hanton discusses his book Vassal State, which shows the hold of US corporations on the UK economy and how this can be resisted. (13:00-14:00, Thursday 5 December)

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Leading across the leader-follower pay gap EventsPast Event

15.10.24

Leading across the leader-follower pay gap

A webinar discussing how escalating CEO pay may impair leadership ability and shape social dynamics within organisations. (10:00-11:00, Tuesday 19 November)

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Can poverty be cut without tackling inequality? EventsPast Event

15.10.24

Can poverty be cut without tackling inequality?

A webinar on the relationship between tackling inequality and tackling poverty (13:00-14:00, Thursday 31 October)

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Event: How to strengthen worker voice in corporate Britain? EventsPast Event

26.09.22

Event: How to strengthen worker voice in corporate Britain?

An in-person panel discussion focused on High Pay Centre and Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust's latest research on strengthening worker voice in the UK (15:00-17:00, Thursday 27 October 2022)

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Report launch: High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratio disclosures EventsPast Event

11.05.22

Report launch: High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratio disclosures

How the pandemic has affected pay inequality within companies, and what comes next. (10:00-11:00, Mon 23 May)

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Report launch: Corporate Britain and Covid-19 EventsPast Event

07.04.22

Report launch: Corporate Britain and Covid-19

The corporate response to covid-19: executive pay cuts, governance and share owners (14:30-15:30, Thursday 21 April)

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How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’? EventsPast Event

23.02.22

How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’?

An analysis of workforce reporting in the FTSE 100 and recommendations for action. (13:00-14:00, Tuesday 8 March)

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CEO pay survey 2021: Findings summary EventsPast Event

05.08.21

CEO pay survey 2021: Findings summary

Our annual assessment of FTSE 100 pay packages, with a particular focus on the impact of Covid-19 (10:00 -10:45, Thursday 19 August)

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RemCo Reform: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture EventsPast Event

13.07.21

RemCo Reform: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture

Report launch: new research from the High Pay Centre and CIPD offers practical guidance on how companies can improve their people and pay governance (12:00-13:00, Wednesday 28 July)

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High Pay Centre at 10: How can workers have a voice in a changing world of work? EventsPast Event

01.06.21

High Pay Centre at 10: How can workers have a voice in a changing world of work?

The latest in a series of events marking the 10 year anniversary of the High Pay Centre (14:00-15:00,Tuesday 15 June)

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High Pay Centre at 10: What can a decade of change tell us about the future of responsible investment? EventsPast Event

23.04.21

High Pay Centre at 10: What can a decade of change tell us about the future of responsible investment?

The latest in a series of events marking the 10 year anniversary of the High Pay Centre (14:00-15:00, Wednesday 19 May)

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Reforming audit and governance – do the government’s plans go far enough? EventsPast Event

19.03.21

Reforming audit and governance – do the government’s plans go far enough?

A discussion on the government's new white paper and whether it can help to restore trust in audit and corporate governance. (12:00-13:00 Monday 29 March)

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High Pay Centre at 10: What have a decade of reforms meant for pay and governance? EventsPast Event

11.03.21

High Pay Centre at 10: What have a decade of reforms meant for pay and governance?

The first of a series of events marking the 10 year anniversary of the High Pay Centre (13:00-14:00 Wednesday 7 April)

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Report launch: High Pay Centre analysis of 2020 pay ratio disclosures EventsPast Event

09.12.20

Report launch: High Pay Centre analysis of 2020 pay ratio disclosures

What our new research on pay ratio disclosures tell us about the state of inequality within major UK companies (13:00-14:00 Thursday 17 December)

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Stakeholder capitalism: More talk than action? EventsPast Event

20.11.20

Stakeholder capitalism: More talk than action?

High Pay Centre and CIPD report launch on employee-related metrics in CEO pay packages. (13:00-14:00 Thursday 3 December)

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Unions Renewed: Building Power in an Age of Finance EventsPast Event

30.10.20

Unions Renewed: Building Power in an Age of Finance

A discussion with the authors of a new book on the future of trade unions (13:00-14.30 Friday 13 November)

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Rethinking reward: can pay ratio disclosures locate the path to fair pay in post-lockdown Britain? Past Event

08.07.20

Rethinking reward: can pay ratio disclosures locate the path to fair pay in post-lockdown Britain?

Event discussing new High Pay Centre research on the first mandatory pay ratio disclosures published in UK companies’ annual reports

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Webinar – A fair deal for workers: what will responsible business mean post COVID19? Past Event

29.05.20

Webinar – A fair deal for workers: what will responsible business mean post COVID19?

Tuesday 9 June 20201:00pm Zoom webinar Speakers Katie Jacobs - Business Journalist Duncan Brown -  Independent Reward Adviser and Researcher; Visting Professor, University of Greenwich; Principal Associate, Institute of Employment Studies Alice Martin - Labour…

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Working 9 to 5. What will pay ratio reporting mean? Will it change anything? Past Event

20.01.20

Working 9 to 5. What will pay ratio reporting mean? Will it change anything?

Wednesday 19 February 20202:30pm Standard Life Foundation, The Gherkin30 Saint Mary AxeLondon EC3A 8BF Speakers Luke Hildyard, Director, High Pay Centre (Chair)Charles Cotton, Performance and Reward Adviser, CIPDJanet Williamson, Senior Policy Officer, TUCTom Gosling, Partner,…

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Purpose Beyond Profit: Where Next for Business? Past Event

20.01.20

Purpose Beyond Profit: Where Next for Business?

Wednesday 26 February 20206:30pm The Foundry17 Oval WayLondon SE11 5RR The belief that the sole responsibility of business is to maximise profits for shareholders is losing favour. Shareholder primacy is under scrutiny for increased environmental…

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Curbing top pay: Does making the rich poorer make the poor richer? Past Event

04.11.19

Curbing top pay: Does making the rich poorer make the poor richer?

Wednesday 13 November 20192:00pm Syndicate 3, Congress House23-28 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LW Speakers: Robert Joyce, Deputy Director, IFS Maya Goodfellow, Writer/Researcher Helen O’Connor, Regional Organiser, GMB Luke Hildyard, Director, High Pay Centre (Chair)…

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What next on top pay? Reflections on recent trends in executive pay Past Event

16.08.19

What next on top pay? Reflections on recent trends in executive pay

Wednesday 18 September 20199:30am House of Commons Room A 1 Parliament Street London SW1A 0AA Executive pay levels continue to be a source of major controversy and a priority concern for policymakers. In the past…

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Top Dogs and Fatcats: the debate on high pay Past Event

30.05.19

Top Dogs and Fatcats: the debate on high pay

Wednesday 8 May 20196:00pm Institute of Economic Affairs 2 Lord North St, Westminster, London SW1P 3LB We were delighted to be asked to contribute to a new book on top pay published by the Institute…

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Women at work – designing a company fit for the future Past Event

29.05.19

Women at work – designing a company fit for the future

Wednesday 3 July 20198:30am House of Lords Committee Room G (entrance via Black Rod's Garden entrance - RSVP and identification required)London SW1A 0PW Working patterns and career structures have been set up by men to…

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Hidden Talent Part 2 launch: has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved? Past Event

18.04.19

Hidden Talent Part 2 launch: has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?

Tuesday 2 April 20198:30am Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association24 Chiswell StreetLondon EC1Y 4TY Speakers: Caroline Escott - Policy Lead: Investment and Stewardship, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (Chair) Ashley Walsh - Head of Policy and Research,…

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THE FUTURE OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE IN A NEW ERA OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Past Event

21.12.18

THE FUTURE OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE IN A NEW ERA OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Tuesday 5 February 20198:30am Screening Room, South Wing, Somerset HouseVictoria EmbankmentLondon WC2R 1LA Speakers: Rebecca Long-Bailey - Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Iain Wright - Director of Corporate Governance, Institute of…

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Book Launch: ‘Are Chief Executives overpaid?’ by High Pay Centre founder Deborah Hargreaves Past Event

04.09.18

Book Launch: ‘Are Chief Executives overpaid?’ by High Pay Centre founder Deborah Hargreaves

Thursday 11 October 20185:45pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Deborah Hargreaves is founder and former director of the High Pay Centre; she has also worked as business editor of the Guardian and as…

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The reality of the gig economy – event with writer James Bloodworth Past Event

24.05.18

The reality of the gig economy – event with writer James Bloodworth

Friday 29 June 201812:00pm International Transport Workers Union, 49-60 Borough Road, London SE1 1DR The reality of the gig economy, with James Bloodworth  - author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in low-wage Britain Writer James Bloodworth…

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Ownerless corporations, shareholder committees and the RBS AGM Past Event

01.05.18

Ownerless corporations, shareholder committees and the RBS AGM

Monday 21 May 20183:00pm Room P, Portcullis HouseBridge Street, WestminsterLondon SW1A 2LW In a 2016 paper for the High Pay Centre, Chris Philp MP argued that listed companies should be required to establish shareholder committees,…

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“Welfare for the wealthy”: a seminar on tax Past Event

05.05.16

“Welfare for the wealthy”: a seminar on tax

Thursday 19 May 20161:00pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Amid talk of the tax “burden” and the contribution of the highest earners something is being missed: a discussion of the extensive tax reliefs…

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Head-hunters and high pay: part of the problem or part of the solution? Past Event

02.02.16

Head-hunters and high pay: part of the problem or part of the solution?

Tuesday 15 March 201612:00pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Head-hunters play a significant role in the appointment of CEOs to major firms. This event will hear from Max Steuer (LSE), whose recent research…

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High Pay and Inequality: the year ahead Past Event

16.12.15

High Pay and Inequality: the year ahead

Monday 18 January 201612:30pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH A lunchtime discussion with George Magnus (Economist and Author) and Vicky Pryce (Chief Economic Adviser at the CEBR). What will be the pressing issues…

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Does high pay really motivate top executives? Past Event

16.12.15

Does high pay really motivate top executives?

Wednesday 17 February 201612:30pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH A talk by Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL and author of The New Psychology of Money) considering the question of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in regard…

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High Pay Centre Half Day Conference – A Sense of Proportion: The Case for Pay Ratios Past Event

26.10.15

High Pay Centre Half Day Conference – A Sense of Proportion: The Case for Pay Ratios

Wednesday 25 November 201510:00am The Wesley Hotel 81-103 Euston Street London NW1 2EZ The issue of fair pay is becoming impossible to ignore. In August, the USA’s Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule that…

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Labour Party Conference Fringe: Is tackling excessive top pay anti-business? Past Event

22.09.15

Labour Party Conference Fringe: Is tackling excessive top pay anti-business?

Tuesday 29 September 201512:30pm Hall 7, DeeBrighton Hilton MetropoleBrighton BN1 2FU The High Pay Centre, in association with the Smith Institute, will be hosting an event at this year's Labour Party Conference Fringe, asking 'Is…

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SNP Conference Fringe Event: SNP: A catalyst for fairer pay? Past Event

22.09.15

SNP Conference Fringe Event: SNP: A catalyst for fairer pay?

Thursday 15 October 201512:30pm Boardroom A&B, Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference CentreExhibition Avenue, Bridge of DonAberdeen AB23 8BL Executive pay rocketed in recent years to an average of £5 Million a year, while income inequality in…

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New Pay Regulations: Two Years On – with Vince Cable Past Event

19.08.15

New Pay Regulations: Two Years On – with Vince Cable

Tuesday 20 October 20156:00pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ The 2013 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act introduced a number of significant reforms to the executive pay setting process. Britain’s biggest companies are now…

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Thinking High and Low: Exploring Pay Disparities in Society Past Event

10.08.15

Thinking High and Low: Exploring Pay Disparities in Society

Tuesday 1 September 201512:30pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH The High Pay Centre is undertaking a major project into the ratio between top and bottom pay in the corporate sector, highlighting the issue…

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Is Remuneration Consultancy Really Independent? Past Event

21.05.15

Is Remuneration Consultancy Really Independent?

Wednesday 24 June 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH Remuneration consultants are at the heart of the executive pay setting process. According to the Financial Times, “One of the root causes of the…

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High Pay Centre Half-Day Conference: Reforming Performance Pay Past Event

16.04.15

High Pay Centre Half-Day Conference: Reforming Performance Pay

Wednesday 13 May 201510:00am The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Speakers include: ·  Simon Walker, Director-General, Institute of Directors·  David Pitt-Watson, Executive Fellow, London Business School·  Nicola Smith, Senior Economist, Trade Unions Congress·  Andrew…

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A Force for Fairness – How could the EU Combat Inequality in Britain? Past Event

27.03.15

A Force for Fairness – How could the EU Combat Inequality in Britain?

Wednesday 15 April 20156:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetNW1 2EZ RSVP: luke.hildyard@highpaycentre.org Politicians from all parties are committed to changing the terms of Britain's membership of the European Union. Influential eurosceptic lobbyists have demanded the 're-patriation…

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The Corporate Colonisation of UK Politics Past Event

25.02.15

The Corporate Colonisation of UK Politics

Wednesday 25 March 20156:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetNW1 2EZ Please join the High Pay Centre to discuss our new report analysing the revolving door between business and politics and the creep of business into…

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How can we tackle the pay gap in London? Past Event

12.02.15

How can we tackle the pay gap in London?

Monday 16 March 20156:30pm City HallThe Queen's WalkLondon SE1 2AA The UK has seen a huge widening of the gap between top and bottom earners in the past 10 years.  Pay for those at the…

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Lunch with the Authors: Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds and Their Book Man-Made Past Event

10.02.15

Lunch with the Authors: Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds and Their Book Man-Made

Monday 20 April 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Why are so few women in positions of power? Why are government, business, the institutions, and so much of British life dominated by…

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Executive Pay Performance Metrics Past Event

05.02.15

Executive Pay Performance Metrics

Tuesday 7 April 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Income inequality has reached the top of the public policy agenda. Given that long term incentive schemes have been the principal driver of…

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How Executive Pay damages the economy Past Event

04.02.15

How Executive Pay damages the economy

Friday 6 March 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH The Perverse Incentives of Modern Management and Remuneration with Andrew Smithers Please join the High Pay Centre and Andrew Smithers to discuss his…

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Made to Measure: How Opinion about Executive Performance Becomes Fact Past Event

04.02.15

Made to Measure: How Opinion about Executive Performance Becomes Fact

Wednesday 18 March 20156:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ We frequently hear that well-paid executives are 'wealth creators' and that massive executive pay packages are necessary to attract and retain 'top talent'. Critics…

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The Future of Executive Remuneration: The State of Pay and What Future Business Leaders Think Past Event

17.12.14

The Future of Executive Remuneration: The State of Pay and What Future Business Leaders Think

Wednesday 4 February 20155:30pm Queen Mary, University of London, Arts Two BuildingMile End RoadLondon E1 4NS Please join Queen Mary, University of London and High Pay Centre for a student-led event examining executive pay and…

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An Evening with the Author: Professor Colin Mayer and his book Firm Commitment Past Event

08.12.14

An Evening with the Author: Professor Colin Mayer and his book Firm Commitment

Thursday 22 January 20156:00pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Join the High Pay Centre and Professor Colin Mayer to discuss his book Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation is Failing and How to…

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Performance Review: A Collection of Essays Examining Performance-Related Pay Past Event

02.10.14

Performance Review: A Collection of Essays Examining Performance-Related Pay

Monday 3 November 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Remuneration of Britain's top executives has soared in recent years as directors are increasingly benefiting from share awards and bonuses that are linked to their achievements.…

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Executive Pay: Evolution and Links to Performance Past Event

16.09.14

Executive Pay: Evolution and Links to Performance

Thursday 23 October 20146:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Remuneration of Britain's top executives has soared in recent years as directors are increasingly benefiting from share awards and bonuses that are linked to…

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Whoever you vote for, big business gets in… Past Event

16.09.14

Whoever you vote for, big business gets in…

Wednesday 19 November 20146:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Over the course of a six-month project funded by Barrow-Cadbury Trust, the High Pay Centre (HPC) has examined the political power of business in…

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Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Business Practices Past Event

18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Business Practices

Wednesday 10 September 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetBoardroom DLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power many…

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Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Tax Avoidance Past Event

18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Tax Avoidance

Thursday 18 September 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power…

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Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Lobbying Past Event

18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Lobbying

Tuesday 21 October 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power…

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Join the Debate – High Pay Centre’s Pay Manifesto! Past Event

13.06.14

Join the Debate – High Pay Centre’s Pay Manifesto!

Tuesday 15 July 20149:00am House of CommonsCommittee Room 21London ****TIME CHANGE****EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 9:00AM**** Please join the High Pay Centre and MP Iain Wright (Labour), MP Guy Opperman (Conservative), and Natalie Bennett (Green) to…

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Cheques and the City Past Event

13.06.14

Cheques and the City

Wednesday 23 July 20146:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower Ground Conference Room BLondon SE1 0EH What's behind the rise in pay for top lawyers and accountants and should we be concerned?  Please join the High Pay Centre…

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Video Launch: The Effect of Excessive Top Pay on Income Inequality in the UK Past Event

17.04.14

Video Launch: The Effect of Excessive Top Pay on Income Inequality in the UK

Monday 12 May 20146:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon Please join the High Pay Centre and the Inequality Briefing as we launch our new short film on the effect of excessive top pay on income inequality…

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