The following report appeared in the Sunday Telegraph of 7/1/68. "The biggest pay packet ever to be revealed by a British compabhy chairman is that belonging to Mr. Owen Arthur Aisher, 67, head of Marley Tile building products group. His salary last year was £91,722, or more than £1760 a week. The pay of Marley directors is published for the first time in the company's annual report, which reached shareholders this week-end. Mr. Aisher's pay in 1966 was £75,595 The previous highest salaries disclosed by companies have been in the £50,000 range.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 9, No. 2, c. 10 January 1968
Tiles' Bos: Gets £1760 Per Week
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