PPF explores taking ownership of UK Coal - reports

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The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) could take ownership of UK Coal in a deal to prevent the company entering compulsory liquidation, reports The Times.

The newspaper said it had seen an email from PPF head of restructuring Richard Favier, proposing the deal to the chairman of the two main miners' schemes, Keith Jones, sent on 9 May. The email o...

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