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08.04.15

Metrics Re-Loaded: Examining executive remuneration performance measures

Most big company performance measures in the UK are based on profits and share price - often judging companies relative to others, so that executives can still be rewarded even if shareholders lose out. The…

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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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25.03.15

The revolving door: how big business has colonised UK politics

The increasing number of ministers and senior civil servants recruited from the private sector to government ensures that policy favours big business Our new report highlights the way business ideas have become entrenched in the…

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15.03.15

Made to Measure: How Opinion about Executive Performance Becomes Fact

We frequently hear that well-paid executives are 'wealth creators' who deserve their massive pay packages. Our new report asserts that top bosses are actually not as indispensable as their pay and status indicate. We frequently…

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12.03.15

Business people really do care about ethics

Drilling down into some of the individual answers in our IOD poll, directors mention ethics, employees and reputational risk more than you might think, writes Deborah Hargreaves Ethical behaviour matters to business leaders more than…

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Publications

10.03.15

The Perverse Incentives of Modern Management and Remuneration

How the structure of executives pay packages incentivises behaviour that is ultimately damaging the UK economy. In this paper, leading City economist Andrew Smithers argues that the way senior management are paid seriously damages the…

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03.03.15

Excessive executive pay is damaging the reputation of business

Addressing dysfunctional levels of corporate pay is necessary to create the kind of stable society that business needs in order to flourish. Luke Hildyard's column for Left Foot Forward The astonishing sums of money raked…

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01.03.15

Excessive executive pay a threat to business, say Institute of Directors members

Business leaders from across the UK say excessive pay for those at the top is the biggest threat to the reputation of business Excessively high pay for big business leaders is the biggest threat to…

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Publications

01.03.15

Excessive executive pay a threat to business, say Institute of Directors members

Business leaders from across the UK say excessive pay for those at the top is the biggest threat to the reputation of business Excessively high pay for big business leaders is the biggest threat to…

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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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11.02.15

Fawning over the wisdom of business executives feels a bit pre-2007

HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard's column for Left Foot Forward asks whether business leaders are as wise as they think Funnily enough, it was Boris Johnson who inadvertently had one of the most sensible things…

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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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12.01.15

Fatcat Tuesday: Executive pay has already overtaken your earnings for the entire year

High Pay Centre Deputy Director Luke Hildyard's column for Left Foot Forward Today (tuesday 6 January) is ‘Fatcat Tuesday’, the day on which the amount of money made by Britain’s top executives will surpass the…

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05.01.15

Top bosses have already made more money in 2015 than most UK workers will earn all year

Now it’s Fatcat TUESDAY! Top bosses pay will surpass the average full-time UK worker's annual salary after just TWO DAYS! By the end of today, Britain’s top bosses will have made more money in 2015…

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