SCOTLAND - Scottish Power has more than doubled contributions into its final salary pension schemes in a bid to stem an FRS17 deficit of £231m.
The utility firm increased its annual payments into the three schemes – worth £2.3bn – from £7m to £16m. Scottish Power’s financial results for 2002-03 blamed the increased pension costs for its r...
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