by Brian Downton | J, May, 2019 | blog, Pensions
Financial well-being is an important factor when it comes to being able to enjoy life. While we’re earning, it’s possible to secure the living standards we want for ourselves and our families, but it’s also important to put some of that income aside to build up your...
by Brian Downton | J, May, 2019 | blog, Pensions
Thanks to there being no major changes announced to pensions in the October 2018 Budget you can continue to pay into your pension over the next 12 months without any surprises to knock you off track. This does, however, present a great time for you to review your...
by Brian Downton | J, May, 2019 | blog, Pensions
With more UK employees saving for their retirement than ever you could argue that Automatic Enrolment has been a success since its launch six years ago. However, research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that many people contributing to their...
by Brian Downton | J, Apr, 2019 | blog, Pensions
If you overheard a conversation about the gender gap, you might automatically think about it in terms of pay, given the relatively recent requirement for firms with more than 250 employees to disclose their pay data. What is less well known though is the gender...
by Brian Downton | J, Apr, 2019 | blog, Pensions
How much money do you think you’ll need to receive each year of your retirement? According to the investment manager Schroders, working people in the UK aged 55 and over believe this figure would equate to 66% of their current income, but the reality according to UK...
by Brian Downton | J, Apr, 2019 | blog, Pensions
It can seem like we work our entire lives, but retirement comes faster than you think. The average person works around forty five years of their life and then relies on a pension for another twenty five years. That means the money you save towards your pension needs...
by Brian Downton | J, Jan, 2019 | blog, Pensions
Are you among the 30.4 million working-age people who don’t know if their pension pot will be big enough to afford a comfortable lifestyle in retirement? According to a report by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), some of the blame for this worrying...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2018 | blog, corporate, Pensions
The introduction of automatic enrolment in 2012 has led to a record high in pension participation, with more than 9.5 million people enrolled through the scheme, but contributions are at minimum levels, ONS data has shown. The number of employees who contribute to a...
