MPs have called on the government to protect company pensions during international takeovers following the on-going dispute between Heineken and Scottish & Newcastle scheme members.
The Dutch brewer took over S&N in 2008 and employees argue Heineken guaranteed inflation-linked pension increases for all S&N pension scheme members. But in 2010 members where informed there wou...
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