04.01.17
Fat Cat Wednesday 2017
Welcome back to work. FTSE100 bosses will have already clocked up an average annual UK salary by lunchtime today. "Over a thousand pounds an hour..." Fat Cat Wednesday 2017 • Top bosses will already have…
17.09.16
A company is a juridical person
Con Keating, seasoned observer and friend of the High Pay Centre, responds to Chris Philp MP's paper This blog is a response to the High Pay Centre publication “Restoring Responsible Ownership” produced by Chris Philp…
17.09.16
Responsible Capitalism
Some timely thoughts from Con Keating Last week, as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, the Institute of Business Ethics held an open discussion, with an eminent panel, on the topic: Responsible Capitalism: what does…
07.08.16
10% pay rise? That’ll do nicely
Our annual survey of FTSE100 CEO pay packages shows no end to the rise and rise in top pay FTSE100 CEOs continue to see overall pay packages grow at a time of restraint for others,…
02.08.16
Smithers strikes again
The distinguished commentator and analyst Andrew Smithers shares his sceptical thoughts about the UK's post-Brexit prospects. (Hint: productivity...) The High Pay Centre is pleased to publish this latest essay by the economist Andrew Smithers…
27.07.16
Quantum of not very much solace
Good as far as it goes, which was not far enough: the Investment Association's executive pay working group report Sensible people, trying their best to do sensible things. That was the impression created by the…
22.07.16
New PM spells big change for boards
A piece by Stefan Stern in the Financial Times on 21.7.2016 It could be a long, hot summer in the boardroom. Not because of economic or political uncertainty: that is a “known unknown”, for which…
05.07.16
Women on boards…discussing men’s pay
Very few FTSE100 companies pass the "Bechdel" test The Bechdel test takes its name from the author of a comic strip, Alison Bechdel, who in 1985 produced a cartoon in which two female characters discuss…
19.05.16
Welfare for the wealthy
The UK's income tax regime is not as progressive as you think. By Jolyon Maugham QC This year we’ll collect a little less than £170bn of income tax, roughly a third of all tax receipts.…