In 1993, the Labour Court recommended that members of the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union accept recent bonus-scheme adjustments at Tanco Engineering Limited in response to the union's claim for a 3% P.E.S.P. increase. The union said the claim had been delayed and trading had improved; the company cited financial difficulties and said it could not afford higher costs. The Court considered the adjustments an appropriate way to address the claim and recommended that members accept them. The recommendation was signed on 28 October 1993.