Alliance Boots staff given more time to apply for DC scheme

Jonathan Stapleton
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Alliance Boots employees will be given extra time to reapply for a new defined contribution pension scheme after the firm refused to allow members to "reserve rights" as part of the joining process.

The Pharmacists' Defence Association - the body that represents chemists - said it had previously advised its members to complete the application for the new scheme but note they were reserving the...

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