Bosses at City & Guilds handed million-pound bonuses after training firm is privatised

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A pair of City & Guilds executives have each been awarded million-pound bonuses and sizeable salary increases after the skills charity's business was acquired by an international company in October, the Guardian understands.

The payments - which are understood to include a 1.7m award for the chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, and 1.2m to the finance director, Abid Ismail - have emerged at a sensitive time for the training and qualifications business, as it navigates its first few months in the private sector.