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Top executives’ pay in UK hits record high – reaching 122 times of average worker

It marks the fourth year in a row that chief executives have taken home a record amount

The Independent UK

Top executive pay in UK’s biggest firms hits new record as more take home £10m

Median pay for chief executive officers of FTSE 100 companies was £4.58 million in the 2024-2025 financial year.

Evening Standard

Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year

The Guardian - UK

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Ministers take note: now is the moment to fight to keep AstraZeneca’s listing in London

One hopes cogs are turning in Westminster after Pascal Soriot’s affectionate talk of US at pharmaceutical giant’s half-year results

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca chief executive hails ‘vital importance of US’ as Trump tariffs loom

Pascal Soriot refuses to be drawn, however, on reports AZ could move its main stock market listing across the Atlantic

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca To Invest $50 Bn In The US As Tariff Threat Looms

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States by 2030 amid Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs on the sector.

International Business Times

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on why he’s building in the U.S.: ‘Europe is losing ground’

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AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US by 2030 amid Trump tariff threats

UK company to fund new drug manufacturing facility in Virginia and expand R&D facilities around US

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves vows to stick to fiscal rules and declines to rule out wealth tax – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as chancellor Rachel Reeves testifies to House of Lords economic affairs committee

The Guardian - UK

If AstraZeneca goes to the US, it will be a major blow for London and Labour

Move would deprive LSE of its biggest star and could topple a key pillar of the government’s industrial strategy

The Guardian - UK

Fears over £160bn blow to London’s stock market as AstraZeneca considers listing move to US

CEO Pascal Soriot has not hidden his annoyance at taxes and regulations the pharmaceutical firm have to navigate

The Independent UK

AstraZeneca boss ‘wants to shift stock market listing to US’

Report claims CEO Pascal Soriot talked in private about moving UK’s most valuable listed company and considered shifting its domicile

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca Moves Some Production To US Amid Tariff Threat

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Tuesday that it has begun moving some of its European production to the United States, ahead of President Donald Trump's possible tariffs on the sector.

International Business Times

Drugmaker AstraZeneca shifts more production to US amid Trump tariffs

UK and rest of Europe risk losing out to US and China unless they ramp up spending on new medicines, says CEO Pascal Soriot

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Evening Standard

AstraZeneca plots US expansion despite Trump tariff threat

The drug maker said it is ‘firmly committed to investing and growing in the US’ amid potential import tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry.

Evening Standard

Drug firm bosses call for price increases in Europe amid tariff uncertainty

The boss of AstraZeneca said Europe should increase spending on health treatment in line with recent commitments on defence.

The Guardian - UK

China, America and pay inject drama into AstraZeneca’s AGM

The boss’s bonus is an annual debating point at Britain’s biggest company. But that’s not the only issue this year

Fortune

GSK could double CEO Emma Walmsley's pay to $27 million

The British pharma giant said Emma Walmsley's current pay could put off candidates for her eventual successor.

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Evening Standard

AstraZeneca boss takes home £15m pay packet after profits rise

The Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company behind a variety of medicines paid its chief executive Pascal Soriot £14.7 million in 2024.

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca, Whitehall, and a failed £450m deal for the next generation in vaccines. What went wrong?

When the pharma firm cancelled plans for a major expansion of its Merseyside plant last month, there was no shortage of questions – or blame – over responsibility

The Independent UK

Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse

AstraZeneca’s planned vaccine hub for Liverpool is off the table - business editor Karl Matchett and Whitehall editor Kate Devlin question why it fell through

The Independent UK

AstraZeneca ‘very disappointed’ after ditching £450m Liverpool vaccine site

Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, denied any rift with the Government over the decision.

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca’s £450m Speke U-turn looks terrible for a pro-growth government

It seems bizarre that ministers and UK’s largest company cannot complete investment in vital life sciences sector

The Guardian - UK

From the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot

The city has a long history with tropical medicine and is now home to one of the largest biotech clusters in Europe

Fortune

Billonaire calls for CEOs to be paid like footballers, despite earning double them

Lord Michael Spencer says U.K. CEOs need to earn more to retain the best talent.

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