SME-specific fleet company opens its doors

A new fleet management company has entered the market this week focussing on small-to-medium sized businesses.

SAYE bonus rates to increase

The Treasury has announced that it is to raise the bonus rates payable on Save As You Earn (SAYE) schemes.

Cable & Wireless insures pension scheme for 1 billion

Cable & Wireless has transferred over 1bn of defined benefit pension liabilities to Prudential.

Fleet tax change clarified

The Government has clarified that changes to the capital allowance writing down system announced in the last Budget will not be applied to existing fleet vehicles.

Phone use can affect employee health

Almost half of UK businesses are risking employees health by using unsuitable office equipment.

Stressed staff hit the bottle

Over half of employees aged between 25 and 44 have cited stress as a motivation to drink.

Companies ignorant about impending Minimum Wage rise

A third of small and medium-sized business owners and managers are not fully aware that the National Minimum Wage is due to rise in October.

Employees are woefully ignorant about incapacity benefits

Nearly nine out of 10 (87.5%) employees have no idea how much money they would get from the Government if they were away from work due to long-term illness or injury.

Call for more government support for carers

The Government has been urged to provide much more support to help carers to stay in work.

Marketers fare badly on remuneration

The pay gap between men and women in the marketing industry has increased, with women earning 18% less than men in this sector compared with 10% last year.

Voluntary-sector care workers are paid a pittance

UK social care workers in the voluntary sector are paid almost one third of a train driver's salary, less than half of the average nurse's salary and 100 less per week than a road sweeper, according...

Final-salary pension schemes drop to record low

Barely a sixth (17%) of final-salary pension schemes are open to new members this year, compared with over a quarter (28%) last year, according to Aon Consulting.