Companies with no experience pocketed £12bn on the Government’s ‘shambolic’ PPE scramble

Sabia Mokeddem, 23, was handed a contract worth £880,000  For enterprising businesses, it was the chance of a lifetime. As the coronavirus pandemic swept across Britain, a £12.3billion ‘Wild West’ opportunity emerged for any firms able to provide the NHS with protective equipment. Companies with no experience supplying PPE won lucrative Government deals. Now, the … Read more

John Bercow pocketed £19,000 ‘severance’ when he ‘retired’ as Speaker

John Bercow pocketed more than £19,000 in ‘severance’ when he stepped down as Commons Speaker – despite setting his own departure date and announcing it seven weeks in advance.  Government accounts show Mr Bercow received the golden goodbye when he ‘retired’ from the £155,000-a-year job on October 31. Critics questioned why he was entitled to … Read more

Sirius Minerals boss pocketed £1.3m as investors lost fortune

Sirius Minerals boss pocketed £1.3m after agreeing takeover that cost many shareholders their life savings  Former chief executive Chris Fraser received £1.3m in bonuses Former finance boss Thomas Staley pocketed a total of nearly £900,000 Fraser and Staley are now running Anglo’s new ‘crop nutrients’ division By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: … Read more

Furloughing fat cat bosses pocketed over £300m in five years

Chief executives at 18 FTSE 100 listed companies furloughing thousands of staff raked in over £300million, or over £3million each, in pay and rewards since 2015, new findings from the High Pay Centre claim. There are mounting calls for super-rich fat cat executives to play a bigger part in shouldering the financial burden stemming from … Read more

ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.  We had planned this trip for the Easter holidays. However, due to the coronavirus, British Airways cancelled our flights and told us to … Read more

IN THE MONEY: Shell boss Ben van Beurden pocketed £8.7m last year

IN THE MONEY: Shell boss Ben van Beurden pocketed £8.7m last year despite taking a 51% pay cut By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:30 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:30 GMT, 12 March 2020 Shell’s boss’s pay was cut in half in 2019. The FTSE 100 energy business said Ben van … Read more