Auto-enrolment Archives

Pension Awareness Day: How you can help employees with pensions

Sep 15, 2019 | 0

Pension Awareness Day is on the 15th of September.

Half of working Brits embarrassed by talking personal finance

Dec 11, 2015 | 0

Despite the introduction of pension freedoms bringing an increased need for advice, research from online pension adviser Wealth Wizards has revealed that the majority of Brits avoid seeking pension advice. More than half believe that pension advice will be too expensive and an astounding twenty-nine per cent of Brits don’t seek professional advice as they find discussing their finances and pension provision too embarrassing.

Women twice as likely to retire with an empty pension pot, research shows

Sep 23, 2015 | 0

Research conducted by the Pensions Policy institute and sponsored by Age UK found that just under a quarter of all employees are not eligible for auto-enrolment, yet the number of women who do not meet the criteria is double the 16 percent of men.

Pension Awareness Day: Plugging the advice gap

Sep 15, 2015 | 0

Andrew Firth, Chief Executive of Wealth Wizards, looks at auto-enrolment, pension reform and the opportunities that exist for employers and employees around advice.

Employers aim for increase in pension contributions

May 14, 2015 | 0

In a survey of over 200 senior HR and finance professionals it was revealed that 85 percent of employers believe this increase should be borne in part, or entirely, by employers.

Wingrave yeats launches streamlined auto-enrolment service

May 12, 2015 | 0

Wingrave Yeats, the London based firm of business advisors and accountants, unveils a streamlined automatic-enrolment proposition for employers of all sizes.

Health care cash plans will rise with auto-enrolment, says Sovereign Health Care

Apr 23, 2015 | 0

The cash plan provider believes that the expense of automatically enrolling British staff into pension plans will mean businesses start seeking lower cost benefits for staff.

Government introduces scheme to consolidate ‘mini’ pension pots

Feb 11, 2015 | 0

A new system to stop workers losing their small pension pots as they move from job to job is due to start in autumn 2016.

Ruth Bamforth: 10 tips for successful auto-enrolment

Jan 27, 2015 | 0

By 1st February 2018, all employers must have complied with their automatic enrolment duties. Ruth Bamforth breaks down the process.

Employers burdened by auto-enrolment admin

Jan 22, 2015 | 0

76% of employers are now noticing an administrative burden from auto-enrolment, an increase of 7% from September 2014.

Iain Chadwick: 24 months later…How auto-enrolment shapes the workplace pension revolution

Dec 22, 2014 | 0

Two years since the first companies reached their staging dates, auto-enrolment continues to throw up a lot of new challenges to HR and pensions professionals.