Woolworths scheme to enter PPF after complex wind-up

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The £274m Woolworths Group Pension Scheme is set to enter the Pension Protection Fund just over three years after the collapse of its sponsoring employers.

Administrators for the failed high street chain initially approached the PPF in late 2008, shortly after it was declared insolvent (PP Online, 12 December 2008). The wind up process started in A...

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