Bosses of a security firm heavily criticised at the Manchester Arena inquiry were awarded pay rises of more than 40 per cent in the three years after the disaster.
Directors of private security firm Showsec – which has stewarding contracts for music concerts, Premier League grounds, music festivals and public events – were also in line to receive dividends worth more than £50,000 each.
Showsec managing director Mark Harding, 61, and three other directors – Mark Logan, 49, Simon Battersby, 46, and Gerards Van Duijkeren, 58 – received total remuneration of £586,000 in 2020, up 42 per cent from £412,000 in 2017.