Milne tops directors' pay table in Building's annual league

摘要

Scottish entrepreneur Stewart Milne is the highest paid director in construction for the second year running, having taken home more than pound;5m in 2005 - pound;1.3m more than the previous year. Milne is the chief executive and chairman of Scotland-based Stewart Milne Group, which has construction, housebuilding, development and timber frame divisions. He founded the group in 1975, making a turnover of pound;lm in its first year. Today its turnover is pound;217m, with pre-tax profit of pound;20m.