Brewer slashes scheme deficit and pumps in extra cash

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Green King has cut its pension deficit by £33m and agreed to more than double its annual contributions.

The brewery and pub group revealed in its final results, published today, that its combined liability to its three defined benefits schemes had fallen from £78.7m in 2010 to £45.7m calculated on an...

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