United Kingdom

UK - LAW firms in Birmingham have established the first regional branch of the Association of Pensions Lawyers.

UK - Lower paid workers are more likely to have lost pension rights in recent years, a report by the Trades Union Congress claims.

UK - Shell Transport and Trading's annual general meeting on Monday will become a "milestone" in shareholder activism, corporate governance experts claim.

UK - Raising the mandatory retirement age to 70 would be a "win-win" situation for workers and employers alike, Simplification Report author Alan Pickering claims.

UK - Workers at TransBus International - part of beleaguered bus manufacturer Mayflower - are waiting to learn if their pensions will get government aid.

UK - Boots Pension Scheme chairman John Watson has written to members to assure them their benefits are safe following changes in its investment strategy.

UK - Pensions minister Malcolm Wicks will be among the speakers at the Northern Pensions Resource Group's Pensions in a New World conference next month.

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has set up a new working group to identify practical ways of abolishing the current state retirement system.

UK - The Treasury has dismissed reports it has raised the lifetime savings limit from £1.5m to £2.5m for all pension products as "completely wrong".

UK - Concerns over the increase in administration complaints will be highlighted by the pension advisory service OPAS in its annual report next week.