Tag Archives: auto enrolment

Good from NOW – poor from HMRC

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

  That we should still be talking about the “net-pay anomaly” shows how little the debate has move on in a year. For most people losing out on their promised incentives for saving into a workplace pension , “anomaly” is … Continue reading →

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Time for bosses to get value from Workie!

Posted on September 10, 2017 by

There is plenty of crowing in policy circles about the success of auto-enrolment. The headlines are certainly good with nearly 9m new savers and over 1m new employers due to have staged by October. The public has taken to Workie … Continue reading →

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“Pension contributions triple in April!” – is that what you’ll tell your staff?

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

A lot of small employers we talk to are keen to work out “what happens next” with auto-enrolment. Understandably they want to model the cash-flow implications for their businesses and evolve a communication program as part of the reward strategy … Continue reading →

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Don’t take micro employers for granted; Auto-Enrolment depends on them.

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

Apprentice levy ≠auto-enrolment! Blink and you miss it but at around 35 minutes into this morning’s “Wake up to Money” Mickey Clarke suggests to Suzanne Miller that Pitch and Canvas her start-up glamping business didn’t have to worry about auto-enrolment! He confused  the Apprentice … Continue reading →

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Employer’s duty to provide information to employees about pensions.

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

“where an employee has an important decision to make which has material financial implications the safest course of action for an employer is to provide the individual with all of the information that they need in order to make an … Continue reading →

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Small employers are sorting the pension problem – but they need some help!

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

  There are a lot of organisations taking the credit for auto-enrolment and it’s true it has worked because Government , providers and business advisers have worked together. But the heavy lifting has been done by getting on for a … Continue reading →

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NEWS- Saving into a pension is what we WANT to do!

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

Well you may not find it news, but I do. I started out in 1984 selling pension policies to people who I met in Oxford Street and again at their homes. These people were promised ridiculous returns (13% pa on … Continue reading →

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Four ways to harvest what auto-enrolment has sown!

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

We have to think how we can best support the 1m employers who have workplace pensions. Here are some solutions we’re coming to. Continue reading →

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Is the Taylor report “dead and buried”?

Posted on August 3, 2017 by

When Theresa May asked Matthew Taylor to Review Modern Working Practices in the UK it was October 2016. She looked a strong and stable leader with a majority and a nation behind her. On July 11th, exactly a year after … Continue reading →

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2018 and all that… AE costs go up 150%!

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

  How prepared are we for the first big hike in auto-enrolment contributions in April 2018? Should we be preparing our staff for a fall in take home pay? What can we do to see pension saving as a positive? Alright … Continue reading →

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