A bill currently progressing through Parliament could reduce the age and wage at which employers and employees start paying into pensions.   Given the seismic upheavals in virtually every other area of life over the past few years, the world of pensions auto-enrolment...

August saw the official launch of a new type of pension scheme. So what is a collective defined contribution scheme, and is it something you should be considering for your people? For as long as payroll departments have paid into pension schemes, the schemes into...

Most of us are paying into a workplace pension every month. But it seems more than half of us – and especially women – are unaware of key issues, or lack an understanding of pensions. Thankfully, your payroll provider should be able to arrange a simple fix. Did you...

Auto enrolment is proving a challenge for many, especially SMEs – and now The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is getting tough. We explore the mistakes inexperienced payroll workers are making most often.  In October, four members of a Derby-based recruitment company became...

One of the questions companies up and down the UK have been asking for the past couple of years is: ‘What’s my staging date?’ It’s a question that must be answered correctly, too, as the penalties for getting this wrong are significant. But what does it mean? For...

Pensions are changing. If your business employs staff those changes are likely to affect you.