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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sam Bright

US banker paid £73m dividend in 2021 after firm won millions in UK Covid contracts

Banks Bourne
Banks Bourne’s company, Tanner Pharma, was awarded contracts worth £865m from the UKHSA and the DHSC for the provision of lateral flow tests. Photograph: Medtex

An American banker was paid a £73m dividend in 2021 after his firm won hundreds of millions in Covid contracts, figures show.

Banks Bourne, the sole owner of the medical company Tanner Pharma, took the sum from Tanner’s UK division, Companies House records show.

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