Monthly Archives: July 2016
Probably the best administrator in the world
I don’t mean to crow , but I’ve just had this email from Chris, the lad some call the office boy. Good Afternoon I am trying to keep track of all my work and by doing this we have … Continue reading
THE RISE OF THE EMPLOYEE – guest blog from Dan Docherty
The huge increase in internet and smartphone usage across the country is rapidly changing the way people want to interact with the businesses that employ them. As they grow more accustomed to inputting their personal data online, employees … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, Payroll, pensions
Tagged Business, online payslip, payslip, pension, phone, Sage, Smartphone, Technology
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So when will Workie go robo?
Channel 4 did a Dispatches this week on the perils for employers in choosing a pension. I think I am off Dispatches’ Christmas Card list since telling them that annuities weren’t a rip-off at the back of 2013. In any … Continue reading
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Tagged Dispatches, FCA, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Sage, TPR, Workie
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Pump fake action!
Those familiar with basketball or gridiron, the popular American game they call football, will know about “Pump Fake Action”, it’s a move where a whole team shapes for a long and graceful passing pay, while intending to execute a … Continue reading
Cometh the hour, cometh the woman? What can the PM learn from entrepreneurs? Stephen Kelly blogs
It may be a little controversial but I think it is ok to say this because I am one of the category: white men over 40 have an amazing capacity for getting the country into a bit of a mess, politically speaking. … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Entrepreneur, pension playpen, Sage, Stephen Kelly, Theresa May
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Why I’m learning from Stephen Kelly
Business mentors are important. For some years I’ve looked at Martin Lewis as an example. I have exploited a gap in conviction based thought leadership in pensions to build this blog and help develop Pension PlayPen as a brand that … Continue reading
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Tagged accountants, autoenrolment, Brexit, mentor, Payroll, payroll software, pensions, Retirement, Sage, Stephen Kelly
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Good retirement outcomes depend on collective solutions
The FCA have called for evidence on the likely success of our current “at retirement” strategy, this response is consistent with what this blog has been saying for some years, collective problems need collective solutions, the market is not enough, … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, FCA, pensions
Tagged CDC, collective, Drawdown, FCA, Pension Freedoms, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, robo-advice, TPAS, unadvised drawdown
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“Just because you’ve built it”..Some home truths about robo-advice.
The problem with Alan and Gina Miller is they are right, and they say the things that the financial services industry don’t want to hear. Before the TTF was a gleam in our eye , they were proving we were … Continue reading
No! Pension Minister!
Did she jump – was she pushed? Speaking on Vanessa Feltz’s LBC show this morning (goo.gl/LQ99b8 1:17:20-1:31:21) , Ros Altmann said it was a bit of both. The events since her “resignation” suggest that the role of Pensions Minister … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Business, Charlotte Clark, DWP, Penny Mordaunt, Retirement, Ros Altmann, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, Treasury
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