Greggs has cut more than £15m from its defined benefit scheme after switching from Retail Prices Index-linking to Consumer Prices Index-linking.
The baker's interim results, published today, show the move resulted in an exceptional credit of £9.7m in the first six months of 2011. This helped shrink the scheme's deficit to £866,000 - down...
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