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468: 475: 38: 401:, Wolfson said Britain's success depended on international trade negotiations. In January 2017 Wolfson said the Government should declare its negotiating objectives and not rush things. In 2022, Wolfson suggested a tax on recruiting foreign workers as trade off to allow greater numbers of foreign workers into Britain. 320:
reported that Next staff would be up to £1000 a year worse off after the company decided not to pay a premium for staff working on a Sunday. Those refusing a change of employment terms were allegedly told they risked being made redundant. The GMB union accused Wolfson of having a "total disregard for
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branch in 1991. The following year, he was taken on as assistant to Next's chief executive, David Jones. Wolfson was elevated within the company rapidly, being appointed to the board of directors in 1997, culminating in his appointment as chief executive in August 2001 but leading at least one city
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to tour Next shops presenting anti-social behaviour awards to managers for their failure to provide a living wage. In 2014, for a second successive year, Wolfson waived his bonus and distributed it among staff, sharing some £3.8m. In May
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In 2013, he waived his £2.4 million bonus and gave it to the staff of Next who had been with the company since 2010. Wolfson earned £4.6m in 2013 at a time when the average pay of Next employees was £10,000. This led the
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family life." In April 2017, the salaries of some of Next's most senior staff were cut following a 3.8% fall in profits though Wolfson's salary was raised by 1%.
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analyst to make allegations of nepotism. At the age of 33, this made him the youngest chief executive of a
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and co-chaired the party's Economic Competitiveness policy review. He was named by
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in 2007. He was one of 35 signatories to an open letter calling on the
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Ashley Armstrong;Peter Dominiczak and James Titcomb (26 June 2016).
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company. He was one of the first businesspeople to predict the
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In December 2016, Wolfson was appointed to the Chair of the
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Wolfson is the eldest of three siblings. He attended
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Wolfson's great-grandfather, Solomon Wolfson, was a
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Index

The Right Honourable

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life Peerage
London
Eleanor Shawcross
The Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale
Radley College
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Next plc
Conservative
life peer
The Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale
Jewish
Glasgow
Sir Isaac Wolfson
Great Universal Stores
Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale
Radley College
Abingdon
Trinity College, Cambridge
Kensington
FTSE 100
2007–2008 financial crisis
GMB
Paul Heaton
Retail Week

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