It was only a year ago when I, Andy ,Stella ,Martin, Steven,Guy and the lads from @firstactuarial signed the share register and launched http://www.pensionplaypen.com
Within 12 months we have had nearly 100,000 visitors to our site; 329 companies use our choose a pension service ; we’ve 
helped a good proportion of them to a good workplace pension and a happy staging.
We’ve had generous advertising over the period from our sponsors L&G, Now Pensions and Ease and we’ve created a few headlines in a year when so much has changed.
In the meantime the Linked In group has grown to nearly 5000 disparate pension afficianados, we’ve had 17 mentions in Government consultations and we’ve even had a horse run in our colours.
In November of last year we were shortlisted by Payroll World as Technology provider of the Year and we were nominated by Pensions Age in March for our work in promoting Auto-enrolment at the Pension Age Awards.
In May we oh so nearly won the Pension Personality award!
Over the next six weeks we are up for a further ten awards! Here are details of a few!
@pensionplaypen up for provider of the year award http://t.co/9lBRmpHMvL against L&G @nestpensions @AvivaUK @PensionsMonkey @ScotWidowsNews
— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
@pensionplaypen shortlisted for crowd inspired innovation award http://t.co/9lBRmpHMvL
up against @Barclays and @Allianz Got to beat banks!— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
@Pensionplaypen shortlisted for inclusiveness award at http://t.co/9lBRmpHMvL#IMAIAawards
— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
@Pensionplaypen shortlisted for social media award http://t.co/9lBRmpHMvL
Up against @Allianz @theactualpolson and other luminaries!— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
@pensionplaypen shortlisted for Technology initiative @ProfPensions scheme awards http://t.co/WmKjD7gbF6 v @Zurich @HSBC_UK_Press
— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
@Pensionplaypen up against @JLT_EB and @kingfisherplc for DC initiative of year @engagedinvestor trustee awards http://t.co/aa89fYvGwc
— Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 1, 2014
We’ve taken people to Cheltenham, to the theatre, we’ve hosted lunches up and down the country and we’ve done our best to make life a little more fun.
And we’ve worked with Government , trade bodies , payrolls, insurers ,master trusts ,IFAs, benefit consultants, actuaries and journalists to make sure we do our bit to restore confidence in pensions.
Now it’s your turn! Help us to help other auto-enrol their staff into workplace pensions
Sign up to http://www.pensionplaypen.com/register and join the Pension PlayPen army as we make sure nobody gets left behind!
