GKN agrees £331m pension deal

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Technology and engineering firm GKN has agreed a £30m per year asset-backed payment with the schemes trustees to tackle its £499m deficit.

In its interim report, the firm said it had implemented a number of actions to improve the funding position of its UK defined benefit scheme prior to the triennial valuation on April 5. It said ...

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