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The adviser shortlists have been revealed from a record number of entries for the Corporate Adviser Awards 2025, accelerating the countdown to the big night of the year for the workplace benefits...

Howden is to buy Barnett Waddingham for an undisclosed sum creating on the largest pensions and employee benefits consultancies in the UK. Howden says this acquisition will add high quality pension advice...

With more employees delaying retirement, employers are facing a health and wellbeing challenge. Designing a strategy that supports everyone requires careful research and regular reviews.  The latest figures from the Office for...

PIB Employee Benefits has acquired Amba, a benefits technology firm with a focus on sustainability and ESG.  This is PIB’s second technology acquisition within the past year, having bought YouatWork in April...

Government receipts for both inheritance tax and insurance premium tax have reached record levels, according to new HMRC data.  Its figures show that IHT receipts for the first 11 months of this...

More than two thirds of employers now offers a responsibly invested company pension - but less than half have this as the default option. These findings, in Scottish Widows’ latest Responsible Investment...

Working To Wellbeing has appointed Sam Walton as its new partnerships manager.  Walton joins from AIG Life and prior to this has worked for Vitality and LV=.  She has 25 years of...

Secondsight, part of Foster Denovo, has appointed John Dean to lead its health and protection practice. Dean will take over from Anne Drugnick who will return to a consulting role within the...

Tripling its numbers in since it was spun out of KPMG in 2020, independent consultancy Isio now has nearly 1,300 employees.  As the firm celebrates its five-year anniversary, its expansion and evolving...

In the world of workplace pensions, the mantra of the day from policymakers is that bigger is better. But despite this general trend, in relation to scheme size and default funds, the Pensions...