Opinion: The job retention scheme is well and good, but what are the overpaid doing to help?

The median FTSE 100 executive salary is £850,000. A 20 per cent salary cut lasting three months would represent a loss to the CEO of £42,500. This is chump change to them

Only a minority of companies appear to have recognised that tough times demand a response from them too, and not just a reliance on government funding.

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