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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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22.01.14

The Road to Recovery: A Conversation with the Author – Andrew Smithers

Thursday 6 March 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH In his highly regarded book, The Road to Recovery - How and Why Economic Policy Must Change, Andrew Smithers argues that the current neoclassical values…

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18.11.13

Does the Cap fit? Will the EU Bankers Bonus cap help solve the problems with Banking?

Tuesday 10 December 201312:00pm CAN Mezzanine32-36 Loman StLondon SE1 0EH High Pay Centre discussion hosted in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Speakers include: Patrick Jenkins, banking editor of the Financial Times Natalie Bennett, leader…

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14.11.13

The High Price of High Pay: Pay Ratios within UK Firms

Tuesday 21 January 20145:30pm Room 3.1, Queen Mary University of London,67-69 Lincoln's Inn FieldsLondon WC2A 3JB Speakers include: Dr. Maria Koumenta and Dr Almudena Sevilla, Queen Mary, University of London James Corah, Secretary to the Church…

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01.11.13

Change: How? The Compass Conference 2013

Saturday 30 November 20139:00am Oval Space29-32 The OvalLondon E2 9DT Join Compass for their festival of ideas where 500 experts, thinkers, doers and activists will gather on November 30th in East London to figure out…

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04.10.13

The Corporate Conquest: How should policymakers respond to economic leakage from the North East?

Friday 25 October 201312:00pm Bamburgh Room, Kings Road CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU The Corporate Conquest: How should policymakers respond to economic leakage from the North East? It is regularly stated that London is…

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04.10.13

Free Conference: Pay for performance – Does it work?

Monday 11 November 20139:00am Nash Room, Institute of Directors116 Pall MallLondon SW1Y 5ED A half-day conference examining the arguments for and against performance-related pay and considering the future of the performance pay model. Does a…

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15.08.13

‘The new corporate state’: Who exercises the real power: governments or corporations?

Monday 9 September 201312:00pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH In his new book The Political Power of the Business Corporation Professor Stephen Wilks discusses the emergence of what he calls ‘the new…

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12.07.13

The Big Pay Debate: How do we create a fairer system of pay? – Labour Party Conference 2013

Monday 23 September 2013 6:00pm Castor & Pollux 165 Kings Road Arches Brighton BN1 1NB ‎ As part of the High Pay Centre's Big Pay Debate, this panel discussion at Labour Party Conference will bring…

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12.07.13

The Big Pay Debate: Can the Conservatives be the party of fair pay? – Conservative Party Conference

Tuesday 1 October 20136:30pm Arora Hotel18-24 Princess StreetManchester M1 4LY Executive pay continues to rise sharply while wages for everyone else have stagnated. How can we encourage good business performance and help employees feel engaged…

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11.06.13

PAY RATIOS EVENT POSTPONED

Tuesday 9 July 2013 5:30pm Room 3.1, Queen Mary's University of London, 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB Unfortunately our report on pay ratios and the launch event on the 9th of July have…

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02.05.13

Executive Directors’ Remuneration

Monday 10 June 20135:00pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH The 2013 Executive Directors Total Remuneration Survey, produced jointly by MM&K and Manifest, is recognised as the authoritative guide to pay of Executive…

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19.03.13

No More Than We Deserve: The rights & wrongs of high & low pay

Monday 15 April 201310:00am The IoD116 Pall MallLondon SW1Y 5ED (Please note that this event will be taking place in the Nash Room, not the Burton Room as originally advertised) The High Pay Centre and…

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11.03.13

Chairmen and Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration

Monday 29 April 20135:30pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH The 2013 Life in the Boardroom survey of 500 Chairmen and Non-Executive Directors is recognised as the authoritative guide to fees and time…

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11.02.13

Top to Bottom: Making the case against inequality

Monday 18 March 20135:30pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH PLEASE NOTE that this event, which was due to take place on Monday 4th March, 4:30pm at Portcullis House had to be rescheduled…

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07.01.13

Global CEO appointments: A very domestic issue

Tuesday 12 February 20135:30pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH When Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive (CEO) of the media company WPP, was asked in 2011 to justify his own pay package,…

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