Newsletter No. 49

 HALCROW PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION 

 Newsletter No. 49 : March 2022

This is a newsletter of the Halcrow Pensioners Association (HPA). More details of HPA's objectives, organisation and its activities are here. You have been sent this newsletter because you are on the HPA's mailing list. Membership of HPA is open to all to all former Halcrow employees, sub-contractors, spouses and dependants who consider themselves to be part of the Halcrow "family". As explained in Newsletter No. 48, membership subscriptions are currently suspended. If you do not wish to receive the HPA newsletters then please either use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of your email or email the webmaster to remove your name from the mailing list. If you know anyone who may be interested to receive the newsletters then please forward them this newsletter using the link at the bottom and encourage them to sign up for their own newsletters here.

Notice of 2022 Annual General Meeting
In accordance with HPA's constitution, the Annual General Meeting shall take place in April. It is proposed to adopt the format used previously of a virtual meeting in a sub-forum of the HPA forum to which anyone who had paid a membership subscription in 2020 will be given access. The meeting will be the members' annual opportunity to contribute to the direction and operation of HPA. The 2022 AGM will be held in the HPA forum between 23rd and 30th April. The proposed schedule, which has been based on the pace of previous AGMs, for the meeting is:

The agenda is here and links to the other documents will be posted in the HPA forum prior to the commencement of the AGM. Nominations or proposed items to be discussed at the AGM can be posted in the 2022 AGM forum to provide opportunity for others to view and, if appropriate, comment on them. Alternatively, please email them (also any apologies) to the secretary. An updated agenda will be issued before the meeting. The AGM is the opportunity for the members to provide their views on the direction and strategy of HPA. Please attend and provide your input.

Deceased Members
The HPS2 pensions team periodically updates a list of deceased HPS2 members (this does not include anyone who transferred to PPF or another scheme). Those with access (available on request to the pensions team) can see the list here but, for the benefit of anyone without access, the current list has been saved as this pdf file.

Future HPA Initiatives
The need for HPA continues and among the possible ongoing tasks to look after HPA members' interests are:
1.    To keep HPA members informed about HPS2 and other pension-related matters.
2.    To closely monitor HPS2, the HPS2 Trustee and Jacobs UK (the scheme sponsoring company) to see whether adequate contributions are being made to the pension scheme.
3.    To examine and comment on proposals for changes to pension-related laws or regulations where we think they would affect our interests.
4.    Take opportunities to press for better supervision of pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.
5.    To follow the potential changes in pension scheme rules arising from the Hampshire vs PPF and Bauer court decisions.
6.    To facilitate social networking between former Halcrow employees.

Previous Newsletters
If you haven't been with HPA from the start or want to remind yourself of previous events then you can browse through the previous newsletters for which there is a full list here.