Cable & Wireless Communications deficit to go by 2016

Jenna Towler
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Cable & Wireless Communications has pumped an additional £64m into its superannuation fund in a bid to slash its £161m deficit by 2016, results reveal.

The firm - formed after the demerger of Cable & Wireless in March last year - said it had already made contributions totalling £29m under an interim funding plan agreed with trustees of the Cable &...

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