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Cyber security

The Plan holds large amounts of personal information about our members and other assets which can make us a target for fraudsters and criminals.
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Guaranteed Minimum Pension

We are still continuing to work with our advisers to determine the next steps, as are the trustees of many other UK pension schemes. 
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Don’t forget to manage your pension online

Log on to ‘My pension’, the Secure Member Area of the website managed by our Administrator, Equiniti. View and update your contact details or use the online calculators to show you an estimate of your retirement benefits or get a transfer value.
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Tax year end update

The UK tax year ends on 5th April. There are some extra processes that apply to pensions on or around tax year end, triggered by HMRC. We have provided some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below for some of the topics that we often get asked about these.
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Pensions Dashboards – call to action

Some of you will be familiar with the idea of the Pensions Dashboard; what you may not be aware of is that the idea is a lot closer to becoming reality than many people think. Dashboards will fundamentally change a member’s access to their data. Rather than the Trustee or employer pushing out invitations and...
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Government consultation – increasing the Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA)

On 11 February 2021, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs published a consultation paper on increasing the NMPA to 57 with effect from 6 April 2028.
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The route out of lockdown

We are now in a world where increased flexibility in our working lives has become second nature to many people, and retaining that flexibility is likely to be increasingly important. Whilst some will be looking forward to being back in the office, reacquainting themselves with colleagues and enjoying being out of the house, others are...
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A year of lockdown

In early 2020, none of us would have envisaged that going out for a walk would mean no more than an hour each day, travel restrictions, three periods of lockdown and, of course, the impact on so many lives and businesses across the globe as the pandemic struck.
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Pension Schemes Bill receives Royal Assent

On 11 February 2021, the Pension Schemes Bill received Royal Assent and became the Pension Schemes Act 2021. Whilst it is good news for this particular piece of legislation to finally make it ‘over the line’, a great deal of the detail of the provisions which it contains will be set out in secondary legislation...
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