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Green urged to fund Arcadia pensions scheme


By Theo Andrew

Arcadia owner Philip Green has been urged to make personal contributions to the pension scheme to counter the “worryingly high” deficit, before regulator or parliament step in.

In a letter from the Work and Pensions Committee chair, Frank Field, Green has been asked to replicate the personal funding he gave to BHS pension scheme members following a similar situation, or “The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will have no choice but to take action”


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