About Brightwell Pensions

Brightwell, the comprehensive service provider for defined benefit pension schemes, has appointed Andrew Drake to the newly created role of Head of Advisory, effective immediately.

Belgian banks are the first in the Eurozone to go live with Verification Of Payee (VOP), well ahead of the October 2025 deadline set by the EU Instant Payments Regulation. With this milestone, SurePay, Europe’s largest VOP vendor, officially welcomes Belgium into its rapidly growing European VOP community.

Research from Brightwell finds that 93% of UK businesses surveyed with closed defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes larger than £500 million plan to request access to surplus in their pension schemes once rules are amended[2].

Brightwell, the comprehensive service provider for defined benefit schemes, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paula Walter as a non-executive director, effective immediately.