One of the most important things to consider when looking at the impact of automatic enrolment is… It applies to all employers. Now this might seem an obvious statement to make. However the reality is that the impact of automatic enrolment extends beyond what you’d normally consider as an employer…a business or organisation. Let’s say […]
As the launch of my Book quickly approaches (just over 2 weeks to go – details here) I’m finding myself having loads of chats with a bunch of different people about it. I was having a chat with someone today who as an employee of a large non financial related business is already in a scheme and therefore knows […]
Today (as I write this on the 21st of November) there’s a new campaign starting highlighting the fact to employers that automatic enrolment, putting in place a workplace pensions and meeting their regulatory obligations is a law they shouldn’t ignore. Involving a friendly looking fluffy monster the full video of the advert can be seen […]
The twentieth of October (the day I’m writing this particular article) isn’t a date which is particularly memorable. It’s a date which when in comes to being memorable pales in comparison to, I dunno, Bonfire night (we all remember remember the 5th November!) or New years eve! Now every day of the year if you […]
My daughter Charlotte is now a few weeks into her secondary school experience. She tells me she’s enjoying it so far however there’s one change she’d had to get used to… Homework. She had her fair share of homework at her primary school of course. However she now gets homework in a number of different […]
One of the questions I get asked quite a lot is… ‘As a business owner and employer can I choose not to comply with this new company pension legislation?’ There’s an easy answer to this… You can but you really shouldn’t. The responsibility for complying with automatic enrolment legislation is clear. The responsibility for complying […]
If I were to ask you, regardless of whether your a professional helping your clients to comply with auto enrolment or an employer who needs to comply, what is the one key factor which will help you ensure you successfully comply with auto enrolment successfully….what would you say it was? If you guessed money (and […]
There’s a huge number of examples across a wide range of industries where technology has disrupted existing business models and ‘changed the game’. From how we communicate (Skype and social media), to how we buy products (Ebay and Amazon), to how we access information (Google and Wikipedia) previously dominant industries have changed fundamentally due to […]
When I was a kid some of my favourite stories came from Greek legend. The stories of Zeus, Poseidon and Aphrodite. The tales of Jason and the Argonauts searching for the golden fleece. The ferocity of the Minotaur. The beautiful deadly song of the Sirens. The stone cold stare of Medusa. However I always knew […]
Our recent conversations with accountants, financial planners and lawyers of all shapes and sizes, spread across our green and pleasant (and today sunny!) land paints an interesting picture of auto enrolment. Whilst professional knowledge of automatic enrolment is undoubtedly growing as more employers stage we’re finding that the professionals who have a greater understanding of […]