Steelworkers' insistent client perception 'stopping compensation claims'

Rich Caddy, a shift operator at British Steel in Teesside, surveyed 178 workers who had transferred out of the British Steel Pension Scheme. The data, which was supplied to Professional Adviser, found almost a quarter (23%) of respondents thought they transferred as insistent clients, while the other 77% believed they had received a positive recommendation to transfer. However, Echelon Wealthcare managing director Alastair Rush, who has worked closely with a number of steelworkers to get compensation for the advice they were given, disputed the accuracy of the figures. He did not t...