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13 October 2016updated 29 Jul 2021 4:18pm

Why are we letting private equity firms bargain with workers’ retirement dreams?

A rescue deal for Bernard Matthews dumps the problem on workers. 

By Debbie Abrahams

How do you turn a faltering enterprise into an attractive investment? Sadly, yet another company is answering this question by shaking off responsibility for its employees’ pensions. 

Bernard Matthews is a struggling turkey firm, and its private equity owners, Rutland Partners, are trying to come up with a rescue plan. But it doesn’t seem to include helping employees. 

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