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Tag Archives: Kate Upcraft
“I couldn’t afford a pension”.
In my book of objections, supplied to me the first brokerage I sold for, the “I can’t afford it” objection sat at the top of the list. We were told to ask the customer “can you afford not to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged autoenrolmageddon, BBC, Kate Upcraft, net-pay, Paul Lewis, pensions
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Should Government play “fantasy pensions”?
What should we make of reports in the Daily Telegraph that our Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, is meeting with pension experts to consider a system where a workplace pension could follow the employee, rather than employees joining new plans … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, Dashboard, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged Dashboard, Kate Upcraft, pensions, Pensions Regulator
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The AE review and the pension stitch up.
7 years on from our last review, auto-enrolment is back under the microscope and the Government has published some questions they’d like answering**. They’d have more chance in getting them properly answered if they put the matter in the hands … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Ian Holloway, Karen Thompson, Kate Upcraft, PLSA, ruston smith, Technology
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Kiss me Kate-Upcraft!
This is my friend and most admired business colleague Kate Upcraft, upright, outspoken upholder of the truth in all things payroll. I thought of her last night – as I watched the Globe’s production of the Taming of the Shrew. … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Caroline Byrne, Ireland, Kate Upcraft, Kathleen ni Houlihann, Payroll, pension, Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew
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Crowd-sourcing a solution to the net-pay pension problem.
The people who are losing out on Government contributions into their workplace pensions because their schemes work on net pay rather than “relief at source” are oblivious of this problem, they serve coffee in Costa, work in nursing homes and … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Blogging, journalism, NEST, now, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Adrian Boulding, auto enrolment, DWP, henry tapper, Kate Upcraft, net-pay, Pensioins, pension, relief at source, Ros Altmann, Workie, workplace pension
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How Payroll can avoid offering pension advice (in 5 easy lessons)!
The blog in a nutshell This is a long risk-warning to payroll bureau and their software suppliers who may be considering providing advice to employers by reducing the choice of pension options to one – a default. If you don’t … Continue reading