Auto-enrolment proves popular with workers
Only 9% of workers have opted out of automatically enrolled pension schemes.
Opt out rates were higher among those aged 50 and over than for other age groups.
Although auto-enrolment came in on 1 October 2012, individual employers’ duties …
Nearly 1 million over-65s are still working
Almost 1 million people in the UK are working past age 65.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the number of people aged over 65 in employment in the UK reached a record level of 980,000 in the …
Is your money going up in smoke?
A packet of 20 cigarettes costs around £7.72. If you smoke a pack a day and are thinking of giving up, you could invest around £2,817 a year and stop your money going up in smoke.
Investing for your future …
Count down to tax year end
As we move towards the end of this tax year we have an ideal opportunity to do the things we have been meaning to do all tax year, but never quite managed.
Almost everyone plans for Hogmanay on 31st December …
Child benefit – the changes explained
Child benefit is changing from 7th January 2013. Households where at least one person earns more than £50,000 will have the benefit effectively reduced or stopped.
The withdrawal will be gradual where income falls between £50,000 and £60,000. The amount …