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I joined Land Securities in 1983. During first year, I was paid £100 a week. By 2008, I was earning £75 a week. I was employed at the board house in Bristol's Harrow borough, and was then on a company call at the board house in Bristol. I started at the Bristol board house in 1981.
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I was employed there for two years and worked for two years before I left for Scotland, working with the new manager, Mark Dickson. I left at the same time as Dickson's son, James.
I was offered an interview with Dickson's son about how I had arrived at Land Securities but I refused and had to go back to the Bristol board house.
When I was told it would be a "good idea" to leave, I went back to the board house and got my first gig.
In 1992, I had an interview with the board house about how I had come to Land Securities. Mark Dickson, who was then a chief executive of Land Securities, offered to buy the company for £1.1bn. I declined.
I was not offered a job, but I had to go back to the board house because Land Securities wasn't up for sale. I got a new job on the board house with the then manager, Mark Dickson.
Land Securities was bought by the Irish company, Lands.
Land Securities was a huge success. They had 40% of the shares at the time, and I was paid £20 a week. I received £500 from the board house and a bonus of £30. I was able to buy a home in the north-west of Ireland, which was worth £250,000.
The bank was able to buy me a house in the south-west of Ireland, which was worth over £300,000. I bought my first home in the south-west of Ireland and the bonus was £100,000.
The board house was very impressed with my skills, but I was not pleased with the way they handled me. I became frustrated, and I was forced to resign in 2007.
I was fired and then replaced with Dickson, who was then managing director of Lands.
I had been employed at Land Securities for eight years and had already been on a company call at the board house. I left at the same time as Dickson's son, James, and he was also my new employer.
I was also told that I was being paid £250 a week and that I could be paid £500 a week.
I was told I was being paid £250 a week, but Dickson told me I could not