UK - Royal Mail is to close its final salary scheme to new employees, following consultation, and has unveiled plans to fund its £6.6bn pension deficit over 17 years.
The cost of servicing the pension fund continued to be a “major drain” on the group’s financial performance over 2006 and the £730m annual cost was said to be “threatening the company’s competitive...
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