Family friendly?
This is one of those weeks when many working parents are taking annual leave from their employment. Many are of course doing so as a lifestyle choice to spend quality time with…
Yearly Archives: 2016
The pensions “dashboard”
Pensions Auto-Enrolment has been a major success so far. Millions of savers have been enrolled in company supported pension offerings since the start of this initiative in 2012, with many more…
Landlords, legislation and lunch
We have probably all heard the quote ‘the only thing that is constant is change’ and that certainly seems to be the case for landlords at the moment. Following a…
Landlords: Help tenants protect your property
A secure home is a happy home, are your tenants protecting your property? Follow these handy tips and avoid costly damages to property, doors, windows and locks which are a…
2016 March Budget (4): Childcare
There was another item of importance to Employee Benefit provision tucked away in the Budget 2016 document, and it relates to the long-running theme of Childcare Vouchers and their proposed…
2016 March Budget (3): Salary Sacrifice
Although not specifically mentioned in the Chancellors Budget speech, the supporting document does include this text: “Salary sacrifice arrangements enable employees to give up salary in return for benefits-in-kind that…
2016 March Budget (2): Increase to IPT
In the Budget speech the Chancellor also confirmed that there will be a further increase to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT). IPT will increase from 9.5% to 10%. This has implications…
2016 March Budget (1): Lifetime ISA announced
The Chancellor has just concluded his 2016 Budget speech - and once again there appears to be a major surprise for employee benefits and workplace savings. The supporting Budget document includes the…
Financial Education in the Workplace
Over the last few years the topic of workplace Financial Education has finally (and rightly) come to the fore in the world of employee benefit provision. One of the principle tenets…
Time for another Budget…
After what amounted to three Budget statements last year, 2016 looks set to return to the more usual format of two, with the first of these due this Wednesday. So what should…