Britain | Executive pain
Pay for bosses in Britain falls far behind America. Tough luck
Is London suffering because bosses there are paid too little?
BRITAIN’S BOSSES are in a funk. Last year, one-tenth of the CEOs running FTSE 350 companies stood down, more than double the tally for 2021. The number of listed companies in London has fallen by two-fifths since 2008. Some of the country’s most treasured companies, such as Arm, a chip designer, are defecting to Wall Street.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Nothing to whinge about”
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