Warhammer maker Games Workshop pays staff £2,500 bonus — but £450m knocked off market cap as shares tumble

Warhammer maker Games Workshop is to pay all its staff a £2,500 Christmas bonus as  half-year profits rose to nearly £100 million.

The payout, a combined £7.5 million, is up from £1,500 per employee last year. It comes as profit grew by 12.4% to £94 million, on sales of £235 million, also up on last year.