Please see the link below.
HCL Executive Minutes External Jan 25.docx
This relates to the increase in umpire expenses:
Dear Premier Division Club Secretary,
I am writing to draw your attention to changes to Expenses paid to Umpires from 2025 contained in the recently circulated HPCL Minutes.
The higher than RPI adjustment to the Expense amount for HPCL Premiership and Sykes Cup fixtures set out in the Minutes recognises the additional qualifications and experience needed, and the elevated performance expectations of Umpires created by these high-profile fixtures in an ECB Premier League.
Unless a majority of Clubs with 1st XI’s in the Premiership raise strong objections to the uplift in Umpires’ Expenses for Premiership Division fixtures it will be taken as being accepted.