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By: Alan Pickering

Alan Pickering CBE is President of BESTrustees and a Trustee of a number of pension schemes. These include The Plumbing Industry Pension Scheme which he chairs and the People’s Pension.

1 Article
  • I can see clearly how to help London’s blind community

    Seeing London’s blind community in a new light

    London is a wonderful place to live and work. I meant to stay for just two years when I first came here in 1972 from my Yorkshire home. Today, 47 years later, I’m a true Londoner — though still a Yorkshireman at heart.  I was partially sighted when I arrived in London. My sight continued [...]

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