Construction Holiday stamp refund.

[Arry 24,876]

Any of you guys worked on construction sites on the cards that payed holiday stamps after 1982 and have retired might be due a refund. A mate of mine just got £1500 back.

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/retirement-stamp-cash-goes-begging-04-12-1997/

Cheers Arry

[Meece 1,958]

Yes.  I worked in the mechanical division of a construction company that paid into a fund called B.C & E  in  Crawley Surrey.   I was only in the scheme for about two years and that was thirty odd years ago but it lays dormant if you come out of the scheme for whatever reason until you retire.  They still had me on record but the records hadn't been updated to digital.  The amount was good (several thousand) considering I was only in the scheme for about two years and it didn't cost me a penny .  I notified one of my apprentices from way back when to contact them and get on record.  

[Waz 4,293]

Thanks for the heads up, long way from retirement but I did work for a firm for a short time, who paid into that B&CE on my behalf. It'll all help one day - hopes.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Waz

[Arry 24,876]

Forgot to say takes about 5 minutes. Ring 0300 2000555 give name date of birth and your N.I number. I didn't have a claim didn't I had to be honest. Work on loads of Wimpy sites back before 1982 but went self employed about 79. Worth a check maybe guys.

Cheers Arry

[kinkell 787]

I claimed last year got £ 1,300 put a few mates on to it and they got it also.I stopped paying into it approx 1984 

[Meece 1,958]

58 minutes ago, Arry said:

Any of you guys worked on construction sites on the cards that payed holiday stamps after 1982 and have retired might be due a refund. A mate of mine just got £1500 back.

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/retirement-stamp-cash-goes-begging-04-12-1997/

Cheers Arry

 

I had a small greenish membership card that I had kept with my membership number on it which helped. Also my address is the same as back then.  It was fairly easy. Just gave them a call gave my details which were matched up quickly and the woman said YES we have your details we will update them and when time  comes we will be in contact. I came out of the scheme when the company I worked for was absorbed into a larger group and I along with everyone else was made redundant. And that was back in 91.

Ps. I thought that after all these years that they would have gone down the pan ect but NO.  They're still there and operational. They could have put the money in the tea & biscuit pot and I  wouldn't have know anything about it.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Meece

[Arry 24,876]

Told a mate yesterday he's just learnt he got £4000 to come.

Cheers Arry

[Meece 1,958]

The odd thing about all of this is that back then the company that I worked for joined this scheme and that we were all in it. The company did all of the dealings and I never paid a penny into it.   When I was made redundant I contacted B&CE and asked if I could transfer that pot amount over intò my own private pension which was tied up with the house mortgage . They said NO that I  either had to find a job with a company that paid into the scheme or  pay into the scheme myself or it had to sit there dormant until I retired.  I went to work for a company that wasn't a building company and not in the scheme, so my pot just sat on hold dormant.  In some ways I wonder how much my pot would be worth now if I had continued to put some money into it myself. But like all these things it is complicated and I  didn't understand how it would work and seeing as  no one knows the future of what is going to happen next week, it didn't happen.