Research amongst employers with up to 49 employees shows 55 per cent would consider offering other benefits when they set up auto-enrolment pensions, equating to almost 600,000 employers. The research, conducted on...
The company is split into numerous distinct divisions, and there are great issues within the company with regard to sharing knowledge of salaries within other divisions. Some divisions are also notoriously slow...
The Office of Fair Trading is a very powerful organisation within the UK’s political and regulatory set up. If it believes a market is seriously malfunctioning it can recommend that the Government...
PTL also announced this week it would be offering a year’s free membership to new clients in the PTL GLMT.Richard Butcher, managing director at PTL commented, “Since 2010 we have also been...
John Ritchie, Ellipse Way back in October 1998, in the early optimistic years of the new Labour government, Alistair Darling spoke at a conference I helped to set up during my days...
Cover will be set up under the provider’s multi-employer trust, meaning employers will not need to register their own trust, andcover is therefore paid free of inheritance tax should an employee die...
Under new Government legislation due to be phased in over the next five years, employers will be obliged to enrol all staff into a qualifying pension scheme. A significant number of employers questioned...
Moxham: “Surely the Government has a role to play?” Almost half of companies without group life cover would consider implementing a policy when pensions auto-enrolment comes into force, according to research carried...
THE ANSWERSMichael Whitfield, chief executive officer Thomsons Online BenefitsNo. The more I read about RDR and the Level 4 qualification requirements the more I become increasinglyworried for the future of the lowly...
Ian Naismith, pension market development head, Scottish WidowsYES. To remove it completely would be a big vote-loser, particularly for the Conservatives. It will be interesting to see where they do set the...
