Trinity Mirror slashes deficit and de-risks

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Trinity Mirror has cut its defined benefit pensions deficit by £61m and locked in its gains with a £118m insurance contract.

The newspaper group's half yearly report, published today, revealed the overall deficit for its ten schemes had dropped from £161m to £99.8m over the first six months of 2011. This reflects a mo...

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