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Fighting the fat cat culture?

UK’s biggest firms will have to justify pay gap between bosses and their workers

Big firms will have to justify their chief executives’ salaries and reveal the gap to their average UK worker, under new laws to be laid in the Westminster Parliament tomorrow (Monday 11 June). Continue reading Fighting the fat cat culture?

Salaries on the rise?

UK Advertised Salaries Grow In Every UK Region

  • UK average advertised salaries up– currently sitting at £33,646; up 3.5% year-on-year
  • Every region in the UK showed year-on-year salary growth
  • Total advertised vacancies at 1,104,236 – down 8.3% over six months
  • Graduate salaries stutter– advertised salaries declined 12.1% over 12 months to £21,400
  • Energy salaries light up – typical sector pay up 10.8% annually to £40,640.

Average UK advertised salaries have increased in the last 12 months, up 3.5% to £33,646, according to Adzuna.co.uk. Growth in advertised wages is in evidence in every on of the 12 UK regions. Continue reading Salaries on the rise?