Post Office steams ahead with DB closure for spring 2017

Michael Klimes
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The Post Office has moved a step closer to shutting its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual in March 2017.

In a statement published on its website, the company confirmed the trustee of the Royal Mail Pension Scheme agrees with its proposal to close the Post Office section of the plan. The closure is ...

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