Headlines
- New Rolls-Royce chief executive in line to earn over 6 mln
pounds
- Melrose backs London capital market ahead of auto business
spin-off
- Pension funds urge UK government to review tax rules for over
55s
- UK health unions invited to pay talks as ministers seek to
halt strikes
Overview
- The new chief executive of Rolls-Royce Holdings , Tufan
Erginbilgic, could earn more than 6 million pounds this year in
salary and shares if he meets all of his annual performance
targets, putting him among the higher earners in London's
blue-chip FTSE 100 index.
- The head of Melrose Industries Simon Peckham has
thrown his weight behind the London capital market, crediting it
with having been a "major factor" in the group's growth since
listing, even as it struggles with a wave of takeovers and
take-private deals.
- Pension and investment companies representing millions of
British retirement savers have called on the government to
review a tax rule which they say is penalising over-55s
returning to work.
- UK ministers have invited health unions representing ambulance
workers, physiotherapists and other NHS staff to formal pay
discussions, in a push to avert further strikes.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
