London companies hire Mercer HR

Mitchells & Butlers PLC and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, both of London, hired Mercer Human Resource Consulting to provide administration services to Mitchells & Butlers' two defined benefit plans and the plans of InterContinental and subsidiary Britvic, according to Donna Ellis, a spokeswoman for Mercer. The schemes have £1.2 billion ($2 billion) in assets. Mitchells & Butlers and InterContinental were formed following the breakup of Six Continents PLC earlier this year. Mercer HR and Mercer Investment Consulting advised in the breakup.