Evans Halshaw owner slashes liability by 90%

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Pendragon, owner of car dealership franchise Evans Halshaw, has slashed its scheme liabilty nearly 90% after entering into an asset backed deal with its trustees.

Accounts filed today by the FTSE listed firm show its defined benefit obligations plummeted from £69.7m at the start of last year to £8m on 31 December 2011. The drop is a result of a three year...

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