Quite how much EMI paid them remains to be seen, but along with his subsequent fees as a producer, Gill's earned enough to secure a substantial studio set-up in his Farringdon home.
"Famously, well famously in Wolverhampton anyway, Wolves failed to secure any cut of subsequent transfer fees paid for Robbie Keane when they sold him to Coventry," writes Kevin Porter.
The situation was not helped by the disclosure that Lay, his "reputation in tatters", stood to receive a payment of $60 million as a change-of-control fee subsequent to the Dynegy acquisition, while many Enron employees had seen their retirement accounts, which were based largely on Enron stock, ravaged as the price decreased 90% in a year.
In our study, nearly half (44.8%) of the older people did not feel that there had been an increase in consultation fees subsequent to the launch of the voucher scheme, while 13.7% perceived an increase, and the rest (41.7%) said that they did not know.
Above all, what will the process for renewing and setting the licence fee (or subsequent funding methods) be?
Americans can pay $125 for a one-off number to R.R. Bowker, another data provider, but subsequent editions require another fee.
Rising energy bills have also added to costs, while the growth in the number of TV households – and a subsequent rise in licence fee income – is predicted to slow.
Despite the belief that Messi could perform the unthinkable and leave the Nou Camp, his £200m transfer fee and subsequent £300m in wages and add-ons are likely to rule out most clubs from a move.
