Simon Cowell paid himself nothing last year after profits drop
BRITAIN’S Got Talent boss Simon Cowell didn’t pay himself a penny last year – but he won’t be hovering round the reduced section of his supermarket just yet.
Figures for the music mogul’s Syco Holdings Ltd show the value of his company went up slightly to £83million.
But profit was down by £29.6million, and 19 staff members lost their jobs.
Despite the amount in the bank, Simon didn’t give himself anything from the business.
The previous year, a dividend of £45.35million was paid out of the accounts.
The BGT judge downsized his Syco company after two decades.
It was claimed the stress of running a global empire affected his health.
Stepping back hasn’t hurt his wealth too much, though.
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MASKED Singer host Joel Dommett throws himself into the first of the ITV1 show’s themed weeks by dressing as a caveman.
For tomorrow’s Time Machine night, he flashes some flesh in a animal skins outfit, complete with club.
And the sight was enough to make panellist Jonathan Ross’ hair stand on end.
He transformed into a punk like Sex Pistols rockers Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten.
Jonathan said: “I went back to the Seventies and went full punk. But what was so weird was, you realised a lot of kids in the audience have never even seen punk. They don’t know what it is.
“They think I just had a really, really bad hair day.”