Water Company Boss Gets £700k Payment Despite Bonus Ban - but Why Is It Still Allowed?

Water company boss gets £700k payment despite bonus ban - but why is it still allowed?

Southern Water’s boss will receive a £700,000 payout linked to the company’s performance in what critics have described as ‘morally disgraceful’.

Southern Water nearly doubles CEO pay to £1.4million - Birmingham Live

Lawrence Gosden’s award comes amid high levels of corporate debt, serious sewage leaks and a recent hosepipe ban.

Southern Water Condemned For CEO Pay Rise

The new pay package of £1.4 million for the Chief Executive of Southern Water – almost double his previous salary – has been strongly criticised by Hastings MP Helena Dollimore. Southern Water was banned from paying bonuses to senior staff, but CEO Lawrence Gosden’s ‘fixed’ pay package of £687,000 is reported to have been supplemented by a ‘long term incentive plan’ adding a further £691,000 to his total remuneration. Ms Dollimore said “There is…

Southern Water boss scoops £1.4m pay day despite bonus ban as firm struggles with huge debt burden

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Thames Water hosepipe ban sparks anger after winter of sewage and burst pipes

The ban so far impacts Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire but could spread if sustained dry weather continues