Monthly Archives: August 2011

October event: Places now available!

Keeping your employees healthy, contented, and motivated are key components to a successful business, and this is ever more true in today’s difficult economic climate.  To assist employers in this aim, Jelf will devote an entire event to these vital … Continue reading

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Auto-enrolment dates pushed back

An email, along the lines of the above title, was unexpectedly in my inbox on my return from holiday.  But don’t get too excited, auto-enrolment dates remain largely unaltered from the original schedule for most employers. What does appear to have changed … Continue reading

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VAT and Salary Sacrifice

As mentioned in my post of earlier today, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have recently issued some guidance on the VAT treatment of different benefits supplied under Salary Sacrifice schemes.  This follows a European Court decision last year in … Continue reading

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Lots of news: Most of it bad…

I am back on the block after a few days of annual leave.  During this brief absence it feels like that the fabric of the UK has altered a little. We have we seen the return of large-scale riots to the main city-centres of the UK.  If you were … Continue reading

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Auto-enrolment & your minimum legal requirements

Anyone following this blog will be aware that there has been a significant amount of guidance and clarification regarding Auto-enrolment during the course of 2011. Whilst there may still be a few final tweaks as the Bill becomes law, there is now a large … Continue reading

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All those ‘bleak old age’ headlines yesterday…

Many readers of this blog will be aware that there was an awful lot of pensions ‘noise’ in the national media yesterday. The short-lived frenzy of activity was sparked by the publication of a report entitled ‘Building a strong, stable and … Continue reading

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