DB costs a 'severe' drain for majority of UK firms

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THREE-quarters of firms with defined benefit schemes have suffered a "severe" loss of profits due to increased pension costs, research shows.

A survey of 355 senior executives by the Confederation of British Industry and Mercer Human Resource Consulting revealed 74pc of firms believed their DB scheme costs had led to a “significant or se...

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