Whitbread Group Pension Fund

Defined Benefit

Whitbread DB scheme surplus falls by £198m

Fall in funding position offset by decrease in assumed future rates of inflation

25 April 2023 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Whitbread scheme secures £380m from Costa sale

The Whitbread Group Pension Fund has been handed a one-off contribution of £380m following Whitbread's sale of Costa to The Coca-Cola Company.

04 January 2019 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Whitbread promises contribution to DB scheme after Costa Coffee sale

Whitbread has pledged to use proceeds from its proposed £3.9bn sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola to make an additional contribution to its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

31 August 2018 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Whitbread appoints Aries Insight to keep up with regulatory changes

Whitbread Group has chosen Aries Insight's pensions service to help it stay on top of ever changing and complex regulation.

12 October 2016 • 1 min read

Communication

Trustees raise doubts over communicating DB risks to members

Concerns have been raised about making members more aware of risks to their defined benefit (DB) pensions, for fear of leading to panic and knee-jerk reactions.

07 July 2016 • 2 min read