Publications

New essay collection on the political power wielded by big business Our latest publication details the extent of corporate power. The publication contains a foreword by High Pay Centre Deputy Director Luke Hildyard, as well…

Research for High Pay Centre by Incomes Data Services shows that growth in executive pay, bonuses and incentive payments has vastly outpaced performance as measured by every indicator in common use  A new report published…

New report from the High Pay Centre highlights the extent of multi-million pound pay packages at 'big 4' accountancy partnerships and 'magic circle' law firms Our new report shows how an estimated 1,370 top lawyers…

New report from High Pay Centre outlines policies to tackle excessive executive pay The Government should consider requiring companies to cap executive pay at a fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee, according to a new…

Analysis of OECD figures suggests the poorest fifth of the UK population are the poorest in Western Europe The poorest fifth of the UK population are significantly worse off than the poorest fifth in other…

HPC analysis of the first executive pay awards made following Government reforms in 2013 Regulations introduced by the Coalition Government to reduce the runaway growth of executive pay have had little effect, according to new…

Government could use its power as a purchaser of outsourced services to demand executive pay restraint The size of the 'outsourcing market' for public services contracted by the state and delivered by private companies is…

Who has benefited from the Government's privatisation programme: the public or top executives? Over the past 30 years, the UK has transferred billions of pounds worth of assets from the public to the private sector.…

High Pay Centre analysis shows hidden cost of big pay differentials within organisations Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest wage earners suffer more industrial disputes, more sickness and higher staff turnover…

New High Pay Centre research suggests top companies are ignoring rules requiring them to relate executive pay to pay for ordinary workers A new report from the High Pay Centre published this week shows how…

New report highlights shows how big companies create an unbalanced economy outside London NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE FUELLED BY BIG CORPORATIONS, WARNS NEW REPORTWEALTH SUCKED OUT OF NORTH EAST AS LOW WAGES FUND EXECUTIVE PAY AND HUGE…

A collection of essays on corporate governance, including the role of non-executives and securing a greater voice for employees. "It is, after all, the employees of a firm who know most about its operations," says…

We talk to employee and shareholder directors on German boards about company strategy, pay and unions Bosses in Germany do not shy away from discussing challenging issues with their workforce. There is a structure in…

As part of the New Economics Foundation's 'mythbuster' series, Luke Hildyard debunks the myths used to justify excessive executive pay We’re encouraged to believe that company executives are talented wealth creators, worthy of extreme pay packages…

New High Pay Centre report analysing the policy responses to excessive pay in different economies UK lagging rivals in efforts to tackle executive pay New analysis published by the High Pay Centre shows that the…

Analysis of UK incomes outlines the concentration of wealth across a tiny proportion of the population, and outlines pathways to fairer earnings New research published by the High Pay Centre reveals that even a modest…

New High Pay Centre report shows that just foreign poaching of CEOs accounts for just 0.8% of appointments Less than one per cent of top chief executives are poached from overseas, and 80% are promoted…

New report from High Pay Centre warns of obsession with share price and short-term financial performance measures British companies need to link at least half the performance pay of top executives to broad measures of…