How the closure of UK Coal will affect the PPF

Jack Jones examines the relationship between the lifeboat fund and crisis-hit mining firm

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Jack Jones examines the relationship between the lifeboat fund and crisis-hit mining firm

After two major restructurings in the last the last 28 months, UK Coal has finally found itself in a hole it cannot be dug out of. In 2012 and 2013 the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) The Pensions Re...

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