Director behind unregistered scheme banned for eight years

The unregistered pension scheme contained over £200,000 in member savings

Hope William-Smith
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Director behind unregistered scheme banned for eight years

The director of a now defunct call centre has been banned for eight years after mismanaging the pension scheme established for his staff.

Philip James Hopkinson, aged 47, from Nottingham, was the director of Target Source Media (TSA) - a data buy and sell call centre company established in 2011. Hopkinson set up the Target Source ...

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