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Former GP Noble trustee Graham Pitcher's application to appeal his eight-year prison sentence has been refused.

The number of trust-based defined contribution (DC) scheme members has increased by 14% in the last year from 2.2 million to 2.6 million, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

The top third-party administrators have been unveiled in the Professional Pensions Administration Survey 2013.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) has named former Prudential head of corporate pensions Martyn Bogira as a director responsible for its defined contribution (DC) and contract-based offerings.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) needs to take a more collaborative approach when dealing with employee benefits and expenses, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) says.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) hopes to reduce the number of P11Ds used by employers by as much as 99% as a result of its recommendations for simplifying the reporting and taxing of employee benefits and expenses.

The Office of Tax Simplification has suggested more than 20 measures which it believes could substantially simplify the taxation and administration of employee benefits and expenses.

Pots follows member transfers will not be automatically triggered by a member moving jobs, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Bupa has introduced a member offers programme, offering discounts and offers from firms in health and wellbeing, leisure, travel, home entertainment and retail.

Unite is balloting more than 5,000 Ford workers over strike action in a row over job security and pensions.