Employee benefits consultants are warning businesses they need to have adequate staff absent systems in place, in order to benefit from additional government help with coronavirus. In the Budget, the chancellor announced...
The workplace is changing dramatically with technology enabling many employees to work whenever and wherever they like. But while this can be a benefit, it can also have serious implications for an individual’s...
The Treasury has released a consultation on the proposed timings for the effective replacement of the Retail Price Index, a move which will impact many pension schemes. This announcement came just ahead...
The industry has welcomed the chancellor’s announcement that there will be a 'call for evidence' into pensions tax relief administration, which will cover the ‘net pay anomaly’. However, some providers have called...
The increase in the minimum wage — now called the National Living Wage — announced in today’s Budget, should see more money heading into auto-enrolment pension funds. Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, confirmed that...
The Chancellor confirmed in today’s budget that he is raising the pension taper threshold to £200,000. It has previously been suggested that this threshold would be raised in order to ensure doctors...
It’s good to talk: 6 February 2020 was ‘Time to Talk Day’, organised by Time to Change, an organisation aiming to transform the way we think and act about mental health issues....
Nest has updated its investment strategy for members aged 60 and over, offering a new retirement fund for those looking to keep their money invested beyond retirement. This ‘guided retirement fund’ is...
Smart Pension has acquired Welplan Pensions Master Trust. Welplan currently provides pensions for around 1,800 employers and has 55,000 individual members in its master trusts, with aggregate funds of around £200m. However last...
The gender ‘pensions gap’ is significantly worse than the gender pay gap, and the problems should be addressed in this week’s Budget. Leading pension campaigner Ros Altmann claims women are losing out...
