{"id":507,"date":"2015-06-25T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/?p=507"},"modified":"2015-06-25T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T14:56:02","slug":"the-week-in-numbers-week-beginning-22nd-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/the-week-in-numbers-week-beginning-22nd-june\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Numbers \u2013 Week beginning 22nd June"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Week in Numbers \u2013 Week beginning 22<sup>nd<\/sup> June<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a360K<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Number of people who have accessed the pensions freedoms since they were introduced in April, Chancellor George Osbourne says<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-459 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"blue news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news.jpg 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a31bn<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Amount of money savers have taken from their pension pots since April<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>4<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 Number of providers removed from Intrinsic\u2019s protection panel following a review. The Providers are Cirencester Friendly, LV=, Shepards Friendly and Zurich<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Number of offices Aviva plans to close as part of a cost-cutting drive following its merger with Friends Life<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; UK inflation in May, up from a negative figure of -0.1% in April, according to the Office for National Statistics<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a3100m<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 Value of shares being issued by Aberdeen Asset Management to Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in a bid to power new fund launches<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a32tn<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Total UK private sector defined benefit liabilities according to pensions consultant Hymans Roberston<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a32.9bn<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Office for Budget Responsibility\u2019s latest cost estimate for the state pension triple lock \u2013 around \u00a32.4bn higher than its original guess in 2010<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Original Figures Published in MoneyMarketing Magazine 18<sup>th<\/sup> June 2015<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Week in Numbers \u2013 Week beginning 22nd June \u00a360K \u2013 Number of people who have accessed the pensions freedoms since they were introduced in April, Chancellor George Osbourne says \u00a31bn \u2013 Amount of money savers have taken from their pension pots since April 4 \u2013 Number of providers removed from Intrinsic\u2019s protection panel following a review. 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