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
Nearly 1 million over-65s are still working
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 first quarter of 2013.
Is your money going up in smoke?
If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day and are thinking of giving up, you could stop your money going up in smoke and invest around £2,817 a year instead.
Count down to tax year end
Almost everyone plans for Hogmanay on 31st December (New Year’s Eve for readers south of the border), but have you ever planned for 5th April (the last day of the tax year).
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. Pension contributions can help reduce the loss of child benefit.