Employer newsletters

Newsletters for employers participating in the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund

Find your latest edition of Inscribe - our quarterly newsletter for employers within the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.

Each edition of Inscribe contains the latest news and updates for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Summer 2025

  • LGPS Consultation: Access and Fairness
  • Digital signatures
  • Pensions Dashboards
  • LAPF interview with Head of Fund
  • i-Connect data submissions
  • Dates for your diary
  • LGPS employer resources 

Spring 2025

  • Annual LGPS updates 2025
  • Updated employer forms 2025/2026
  • CARE pension revaluation
  • Submission of AVC payments
  • Pension and procurement
  • Year-end 2025
  • Responsible Investment update 

Autumn 2024

  • The Budget 2024 and the LGPS
  • McCloud Final Pay Data @ 65
  • Fund Valuation 2025
  • Shared Cost AVCs
  • Draft Fund Accounts 2023/24
  • Annual Meeting 2024
  • Employer Bite Size training
  • Responsible Investment update

Summer 2024

  • McCloud Data Collection exercise
  • Changes to Early Retirement process
  • Updated Berkshire Pensions website
  • Monthly payover of Contributions
  • Year-end 2024 update
  • Employer forms 2024/2025

Spring 2024

  • Annual LGPS updates
  • Employer contribution rates
  • Pension Strain Cost change
  • 'The McCloud Remedy' update
  • Year-end 2024
  • Pension Board vacancy
  • Meet the team
  • Updated employer forms 2024/2025

Autumn 2023

  • The McCloud Remedy
  • Annual Meeting 2023
  • Draft Report and Accounts Summary
  • Responsible Investment update
  • Updated early retirement reduction percentages

Summer 2023

  • LGPS summary of updates
  • Backdated pay award FAQs
  • PLSA Retirement Living Standards
  • Forthcoming diary dates
  • Responsible Investment update

Spring 2023

  • Annual updates for 2023/2024
  • Important changes to Admission Agreements
  • Year-end 2023
  • Valuation update and results
  • Annual CARE revaluation change
  • LGPS employer bite-sized training

Winter 2022/2023

  • Responsible Investment update
  • Year-end 2023
  • Valuation 2023 update
  • Revised web links
  • Cost of living crisis FAQs

Autumn 2022

  • Accounts and Investments 2021/2022 summary
  • Annual Meeting 2022
  • Responsible Investment update
  • Pension Awareness campaigns
  • A look ahead

Summer 2022

  • LGPS Annual Report 2021
  • Responsible Investment update
  • New version of Payroll Guide
  • Cost of Living Crisis FAQs
  • Pension Awareness Day 2022
  • i-Connect contact update

Spring 2022

  • ESS decommissioned
  • LGPS annual updates
  • Year-end 2022
  • Responsible Investment - April 2022 update
  • LGS15C Withdrawal from Scheme - form update

Winter 2021/2022

  • Responsible investment update
  • Year-end 2022
  • Employee contributions 2022/2023
  • Pension increase confirmation
  • Pension team contacts update