Only 39% of full and part-time employees are aware of auto-enrolment, according to a report published today by insurer Scottish Widows. Awareness levels are even lower among employees who don’t have a...

The Olympic Games have passed without incident; meaning only two major events still have the potential for cataclysmic consequences for the UK in 2012. The first event is the ‘2012 phenomenon’,...

Wasabi the sushi retailer has, for the first time, introduced a pension and benefits package to its UK employees.

Morrisons has launched a cash balance pension scheme in preparation for its auto-enrolment staging date on 1 October.

Members of Unite, Britain's largest trade union that work in local government have voted to accept the proposals negotiated between local government employers and the trade unions on changes to the...

Following the Bank of England’s paper on the impact of quantitative easing (QE), research from Capita’s employee benefits business, Bluefin Corporate Consulting, has revealed that the total deficit of...

Pensions experts have suggested the Government is flexing its muscles to introduce a flat rate state pension, following its announcement yesterday that amount of state pension money paid out to...

The amount of state pension money paid out to pensioners can differ by more than £200 a week – that’s a difference of £10,000 a year, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.

The new Local Government Pension Scheme 2014 proposals represent a fair and balanced outcome, which means the pension scheme will remain affordable and sustainable says GMB.

The UK pensions system has led many to lose confidence and no longer save for retirement.

Following the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), and the chancellor, George Osborne’s, decision to link the state pension age (SPA) with longevity expectations, UK employers expect a...

Regulation coming into place in October means every employer will be required to automatically enrol staff into a workplace pension scheme. And for many employers it will mean setting up a pension...