Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills

CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage...

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What happened: CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/18/wessex-water-chief-pay-rise-bonus-ban