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Auto Enrolment

The Auto Enrolment small business archive.

Employing & managing staff

Workplace pensions and keeping staff auto enrolled

As the increase in auto enrolment contributions to workplace pension schemes kicks in employers face a challenge in persuading employees to stay within the schemes. The benefits outweigh the time spent encouraging them.

Business management

Tips for employers ahead of the first automatic enrolment increases

Elliot Silk, head of commercial at Sanlam UK highlights the main areas employers and employees should be focusing on ahead of the automatic enrolment changes, as well as outlining five actions that employers and workers can take ahead of the deadline.

Advice

Free but at what cost? How to make auto enrolment easier

Auto enrolment is a necessity for British small businesses but it shouldn’t be onerous. Here, Garry Crackle from Opt Pensions, explores.

News

Small business owners don’t know what pension auto-enrolment is

A third of small business owners don’t know what pension auto-enrolment is despite looming deadline, study finds.

Accounting

TISA calls for a broadening of employees being auto enrolled

TISA calls for a broadening of employee auto-enrolment by phasing out the qualifying earnings lower limit and earnings trigger.

Accounting

Why are so many businesses missing their staging date?

Here, Garry Crackle at Opt dispels some of the pre-conceived myths many businesses might believe about auto-enrolment.

News

Millions of savers are being let down by auto-enrolment

Millions of British workers are being let down by the current auto-enrolment system and the rising retirement age.

Accounting

Pension changes causing confusion for half of UK small businesses

Many small businesses still do not fully understand the auto-enrolment rules, as this piece reveals.

Accounting

Accountants admit to poor auto enrolment knowledge for SME advice

Warning over small businesses workers' pensions as half of accountants admit to auto-enrolment knowledge failings

Employing & managing staff

Preparing for Automatic Enrolment: Jargon buster

Small businesses will soon become subject to Automatic Enrolment duties. In this piece in association with The Pensions Regulator, Gino Rocco looks at some key terms you must be aware of before you begin the pensions process.

Employing & managing staff

Auto-enrolment and the pension impact on the smallest businesses

In this piece, in association with Boost Capital, we speak to companies about their thoughts on auto-enrolment and their advice to others about avoiding problems.

Employing & managing staff

Beating the auto-enrolment challenge as a small business

In this piece in association with KashFlow, we look at the challenges of auto-enrolment and talk to small businesses about their experience.

Business Technology

Why you should upgrade your tech now rather than later

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Investing in a franchise

Should I buy a franchise or go solo?

Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.

Partner content

16 ways to improve your business cash flow

Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems

Business management

How to create good cashflow habits

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