Box Clever scheme enters PPF assessment as legal battle 'drags on'

Stephanie Baxter
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The Box Clever Pension Scheme has started an assessment period with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to decide if it will have to enter the lifeboat fund.

It is the latest stage in a battle between the trustees and sponsor ITV Group, which continues to fight demands from the regulator that it should plug the scheme's estimated £70m-£90m deficit. T...

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