Monthly Archives: September 2011

Autumn event dates…

We have three London events scheduled for the Autumn – all with a different focus - which will appeal to many of our followers. Fuller detail of these events will be posted in the coming weeks, but for the moment I can advise the … Continue reading

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More than just insurance!

More than just insurance There has been much employee research recently with great scrutiny of both Government and employer. Latest employee research suggests that most believe the Government and/or their employer will look after them in the event of long … Continue reading

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Helping your employees…

I have often spoken of the importance of educating employees to the significant savings available through company supported benefits packages. A combination of UK austerity measures (which are now starting to take hold), and the worrying decline in the world-wide … Continue reading

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Health & Productivity

I spent most of Monday at a rather good seminar put together by the health-insurance provider, WPA. The theme of the day was looking at how better employee health and wellbeing could improve productivity.  The seminar used some expert speakers from both sides … Continue reading

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and in the blue corner…

News just in – we now have an official challenger to The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).  Presumably this is another ’one size fits all’ scheme. The attached link to Professional Pensions highlights that NOW Pensions will be launched next year.  http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2108394/danish-national-pension-fund-launches-scheme-challenge-nest … Continue reading

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Jelf in the news…

Jelf Employee Benefits have appeared in quite a few publications over the last few months, some linked directly to this blog. For those interested, here are a selection of the online clippings… http://www.pensionsworld.co.uk/pw/article/pensions-bill-delayed-again-12313051 http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/item/13447/23/317/3 http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/item/13407/23/322/3 http://www.payandbenefitsmagazine.co.uk/pab/article/companies-are-not-utilising-branding-on-benefits-12321511 http://www.pensions-insight.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=465072 There are lots … Continue reading

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Short Service Refunds: Minister’s comments…

Many of you will remember that there has been an ongoing debate and consultation on short-service refunds arising from pension schemes. Whilst this does all sound (and indeed is) a bit ‘pensions anorak’, it’s important, as short-service refunds have the potential to undo … Continue reading

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