Collection GB 0074 LMA/4557 - SMITH AND NEPHEW PLC PENSION SCHEME

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4557

Title

SMITH AND NEPHEW PLC PENSION SCHEME

Date(s)

  • 1983-1997 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The company website provides the following history:

Having established a pharmaceutical chemist shop in 1856, Thomas James Smith entered into partnership with his nephew, Horatio Nelson Smith, in 1896 to form T J Smith and Nephew. The pair worked on developing medical dressings and saw their business expand between 1914 and 1918 to meet the needs of the military during the First World War. During the 1920s, the company began to develop Elastoplast plasters and, through subsequent acquisitions, have gone on to occupy a significant position in the medical market. The organisation currently operates four Global Business units across thirty-two countries: Orthopaedic Reconstruction and Trauma; Endoscopy; Advanced Wound Management; and Biologics.

Information available at http://www.global.smith-nephew.com/master/our_history_early_history_6184.htm and http://www.global.smith-nephew.com/master/about_us_what_we_do_1205.htm (accessed October 2010).

The Smith & Nephew UK Pension Fund was established in October 1961, and is open to permanent employees with at least three months service and who are over the age of 21. Benefits of the scheme include life assurance protection, a pension based on final pensionable earnings, and the opportunity to make Additional Voluntary Contributions.

Information taken from Smith and Nephew UK Pension Fund: Your Future Security (LMA/4557/01/002).

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4557 1983-1997 Collection 0.01 linear metres. Smith and Nephew Plc Pension Scheme

The company website provides the following history:

Having established a pharmaceutical chemist shop in 1856, Thomas James Smith entered into partnership with his nephew, Horatio Nelson Smith, in 1896 to form T J Smith and Nephew. The pair worked on developing medical dressings and saw their business expand between 1914 and 1918 to meet the needs of the military during the First World War. During the 1920s, the company began to develop Elastoplast plasters and, through subsequent acquisitions, have gone on to occupy a significant position in the medical market. The organisation currently operates four Global Business units across thirty-two countries: Orthopaedic Reconstruction and Trauma; Endoscopy; Advanced Wound Management; and Biologics.

Information available at http://www.global.smith-nephew.com/master/our_history_early_history_6184.htm and http://www.global.smith-nephew.com/master/about_us_what_we_do_1205.htm (accessed October 2010).

The Smith & Nephew UK Pension Fund was established in October 1961, and is open to permanent employees with at least three months service and who are over the age of 21. Benefits of the scheme include life assurance protection, a pension based on final pensionable earnings, and the opportunity to make Additional Voluntary Contributions.

Information taken from Smith and Nephew UK Pension Fund: Your Future Security (LMA/4557/01/002).

Deposited by The Pensions Archive Trust in August 2008.

Records of the Smith and Nephew Plc Pension Scheme, comprising pension scheme explanatory booklets.

Chronological order.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Description compiled by Susan Gentles.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2010 to January 2011. Documents Business records Law Legislation Employment legislation Pensions legislation Service industries Financial service industries Pension services Information sources Pensions Social security Social services Smith and Nephew Plc Pension Scheme UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by The Pensions Archive Trust in August 2008.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Smith and Nephew Plc Pension Scheme, comprising pension scheme explanatory booklets.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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