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Directors’ bonuses set to cause new outcry

By Kate Burgess in London

Published: August 16 2009 22:30 | Last updated: August 16 2009 22:30

Cash bonuses for top directors of UK companies stayed high last year in spite of the recession, highlighting a trend that will anger investors hit hard by sharp falls in the value of company share prices.

The UK’s biggest companies still paid executives on average well over half the maximum bonus available, says a report by Hewitt New Bridge Street, a remuneration consultancy.

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