Category Archives: Payroll
How do you like Pension PlayPen’s pitch
Contact us at info@pensionplaypen.co, or andy.walker@pensionplaypen.com or henry.tapper@pensionplaypen.com We would like to hear from you if you are an employer, an accountant, an adviser or run payrolls for a living!
Posted in accountants, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
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“Investing for the long-term” – guest blog from Ralph Frank
The Financial Services Consumer Panel (“FSCP”) recently published a number of suggested options for reform of the governance, disclosure and pricing of investment products. These options were based on the findings of two studies, one by Rajiv Jaitly and the … Continue reading
Pensions for start-ups – you having a laugh?
Well “no” actually! This article sets out to explain why even the youngest of companies should be planning for pensions. Pension planning isn’t top of the list for entrepreneurs, most hope their business will become their pension. But there are good … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Start ups
Tagged auto enrolment, auto-enrolment.DWP.Paul Johnson, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, entrepreneurs, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Retirement, start-ups
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“To meet the needs of those in the middle” – what pension consultancy should be about!
The Advert On Tuesday I am sitting on a panel with good friends; Otto Thoresen, author of the Thoresen report; Mathew Arends, Partner at Aon Hewitt, Duncan Buchanan president of the Society of Pension Consultants. The session will be chaired … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, defined ambition, drawdown, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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The great pension bank robbery
I give 2 ½ cheers George’s pension package, the “½” being for the complex misrepresented “death-tax” changes which are regressive, complicated and could easily have been dealt with using inheritance tax legislation already in place. I give no cheers … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Bank, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, George Osborne, Government, Guidance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, robbery, spin
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Pension PlayPen wins 7 and is shortlisted for a further 9 awards
For the second year running, Pension PlayPen has been short-listed for the Payroll World Technology Award. Pension Play Pen has also been shortlisted for the small schemes auto-enrolment implementation award. These nominations come on the back of Henry Tapper, Pension … Continue reading
Making sense of the Budget’s Pension Changes
Everyone knows that the changes in the taxation of pensions announced in the budget and now working their way into law – are going to make a big difference. But just how will they affect you and what can you … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Budget, Budget14, Business, Business and Economy, Chancellor, corporate risk, dc pensions, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Tax
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How much should I spend on retirement?
People get frightened by this question – they shouldn’t! The simple answer is that we all pay into a national pension scheme through national insurance and you can find out what you’re likely to get from the State we completing … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Debt, journalism, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, Afford, annuity, Contribute, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Pay, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Save, Spend
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Auto-enrolment – matching payrolls to pensions.
The big payroll/pension issue There are, according to one payroll software development we have spoken to, 42 separate interfaces between payroll and HR and the various workplace pension providers. Not all payrolls are prepared to build processes to accommodate each … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Payroll, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, AMC, auto enrolment, corporate governance, corporate risk
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What payroll can do to keep away the loan sharks.
We all know the sharks that swim in financial waters preying on the weakest and driving them and their families into deeper debt with all the social and health problems that “deep debt” brings. And I’m sure that if it … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, investment, ISA, Management, Martin Lewis, Payroll, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Ceridian, CIPP, dc pensions, debt, Employment, Financial services, Loan-shark, Martin Lewis, MSE, National Employment Savings Trust, Payroll, pension, Retirement, Saving, Savings, Steve Webb
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