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Next boss received 28% pay rise last year

Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 15.23 EDT Lord Simon Wolfson, the boss of the Next fashion and homewares chain, received a 28% pay increase last year to almost £3.4m despite forgoing his annual bonus and taking a cut in basic salary. Next said it did not feel that paying out an annual cash bonus, which amounted to £350,000 for Wolfson the year before, was appropriate given that the company had not paid dividends to shareholders. Wolfson and other directors and top managers in the business also took a 20% cut in basic pay between April and June when many workers were on furlough. However, the retailer’s non-executive directors did sanction a total of £2.4m in long-term share bonus payments to Wolfson relating to the three years to July 2020 and to January 2021. That came despite the company claiming £120m in a business rates holiday and millions more in furlough payments for thousands of staff from the government while shops were closed. Next has not opted to pay back any of

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