CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has refused to apologise for his decision to abolish £5bn-a-year pension fund tax credits and survived a vote of no confidence tabled by the Conservatives.

A GOOD salary is the best way to keep employees happy with their job, new research shows.

Increasing trivial commutation limits will encourage workers on modest incomes to save for retirement, B&CE Benefit Schemes claims.

NEARLY 1400 workers at Grampian Country Food Group walked out over proposed pension cuts and a pay freeze.

UK - The Marathon Club has published a guidance note to provide trustees with practical guidelines on the implementation of a long term investment approach.

THE government has agreed to give insurers extra time to process pension term assurance applications after removing tax relief on the product in the Budget.

MEMBERS of the Pensions Action Group have unveiled two posters of chancellor Gordon Brown "destroying" the occupational pensions of thousands of workers.

Fife Council has unveiled a healthplan for its 21,500 employees through Leeds-based healthcare provider LHF Healthplan.

UK- Chancellor Gordon Brown survived a Conservative call for a vote of no confidence over his 1997 decision to scrap tax relief on pensions.

SCHEME investment in property is set to give a boost to real estate investment trusts, Northern Trust says.