Tag Archives: self-employed

Planning ahead if you’re self-employed; (HL’s first class research)

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

We should be grateful to Nathan Long and Hargreaves Lansdown for continuing to research what’s actually happening with the self-employed. It’s long been remarked that there are many types of self-employment ranging from the professional partnerships to those just getting … Continue reading →

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Millions may have small pots, but thank God they have!

Posted on August 11, 2022 by henry tapper

Occam Investing – thanks! Occam Investing is a blog I thoroughly recommend. Its author is anonymous but  highly qualified, meticulous in the presentation of his/her work and the narrative is relaxed, personal and pitched at those (like me) with little … Continue reading →

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“No better time to extend auto-enrolment than now”. Webb hits out at Treasury as “blockers”

Posted on June 9, 2022 by henry tapper

It was good to see Steve Webb back in parliament, if only for the Work and Pensions Committee’s discussion yesterday morning  questioning key players past and future Witnesses Panel 1 Sir Steve Webb Baroness Jeannie Drake Baroness Ros Altmann Panel … Continue reading →

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Why are the self-employed not using (Nest) pensions?

Posted on December 15, 2020 by henry tapper

Nest Insight ran another seminar today – the title was  “How has Covid-19 impacted self-employed people” but the question on my and the panelists lips was – “why aren’t the self-employed, using pensions?” This article looks at how the self-employed … Continue reading →

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The self-employed do themselves and the rest of us NO PENSION FAVOURS

Posted on December 19, 2018 by henry tapper

In addition to safeguarding the rising state pension, we will continue to support the successful expansion of auto-enrolled pensions, enabling more people to increase their retirement income with help from their employers and government; we will continue to extend auto-enrolment … Continue reading →

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The self-employed are engaged- they just don’t know what to do.

Posted on July 14, 2018 by henry tapper

If you have an FT subscription, follow this link –  you will be able to read Jo Cumbo’s beautifully written opinion piece “Self-employed, the pension world’s great unsolved dilemma”. If you are saving so hard for your pension that you … Continue reading →

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Self-employment; opt-out or cop-out?

Posted on February 10, 2018 by henry tapper

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js These are numbers produced by our Office of National Statistics. Detailed notes are at the bottom of this article. We can safely assume that (without Government intervention) the trends have continued and that the 2017 and 2018 numbers will … Continue reading →

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Taylor – the Full Monty or a stitch-up?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by henry tapper

  I was asked to comment on the impact of the Taylor Report on Payroll at the Reward Autumn Update. Though I had been promised a script from Matthew Taylor himself, it never turned up – maybe I was stitched … Continue reading →

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What passing bells for those who work as cattle?

Posted on July 11, 2017 by henry tapper

Weep for the deprived gig-journalist! Unlike the formal press , I have not had an opportunity to leak the Taylor report.  I am like the workers that Matthew Taylor has been investigating, I have the freedom to do what I like … Continue reading →

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What a “strong mandate” means for pensions.

Posted on April 19, 2017 by henry tapper

Since the range of outcomes considered by the bookies ranges from “strong” to “weak” conservative majority, I’m putting my money on the Liberals getting an overall majority (only 25-1 with William Hill). That seems the likeliest alternative outcome and I’ve … Continue reading →

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