Current news

November 2019

EDS pensioners' payroll ID numbers are changing

26-11-2019

Equiniti, your pension payroll provider is upgrading their software and as a consequence, there will be a change to your payroll ID number (your unique pension reference number)...

Equitable Life update

12-11-2019

Some members of the Scheme currently hold Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) policies with Equitable Life. In 2018, Equitable Life announced their intention to withdraw f...

Over 60s miss out on thousands of pounds of pension savings

12-11-2019

Savers over the age of 60 are throwing away up to £1.75bn in pension contributions by opting out of their workplace schemes, according to figures from Royal London. (The UK’s la...

March 2019

What does 2019 have in store for Pensions?

15-03-2019

State Pension The state Pension is set to rise in April by around £4.25 a week or £220 a year. The full State Pension will now be worth £168.60 a week ri...

February 2019

Changes to the Trustee Board

12-02-2019

The Company has made some recent changes to the Trustee Directors on the Trustee board of EDS Trustee Limited. The Company has appointed Charles Diao, Mark Greenhalgh, Greg Dimm...

January 2019

Pension cold-calling ban comes into effect

14-01-2019

On 9 January the Government’s ban on cold calling came into effect. Cold-calling has been used by scammers to steal pension savings or to persuade people to invest in high-risk ...